釐

釐 · xī / lí

manage, control; thousandth part of tael

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī · lí
Cantonese
hei1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

manage, control; thousandth part of tael

Dictionary definitions & readings

釐 Lí · Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 Yán dì descended from Shennong 神農 Shén nóng Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀 Āi

釐 lí · one hundredth; centi-

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63684.070:lí,xī,lái,tāi,lài Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0691.171:lí 1234.011:xǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.180:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lí粵lei4 xī粵hei1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リ キ ライ タイ りん おさめる さいわい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
리:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
里之 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JKMWG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5821.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1292.100 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
061.51 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0979l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+91D0
Radical
里 · 166
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7982

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

厘

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
li · 里之 · 止開三平之來 · #198

PHONO-ML, source line 1670; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1362.102
kCowles
2275
kDaeJaweon
1795.090
kFennIndex
295.08
kGSR
0979l
kHanYu
63684.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1795.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63684.070
kIRGKangXi
1292.100
kKangXi
1292.100
kKarlgren
535
kLau
1837
kMatthews
3883
kMeyerWempe
1513
kMorohashi
40146
kNelson
2062
kSBGY
061.51
kSMSZD2003Index
716.01
kCangjie
JKMWG
kFenn
497F
kFourCornerCode
5821.4
kHKGlyph
4227
kMojiJoho
MJ026596
kPhonetic
787
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
ATHKMP
kIRG_GSource
GE-502D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2E7
kIRG_JSource
J0-6E5A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D9E3
kIRG_KSource
K0-576D
kIRG_TSource
T1-7752
kIRG_VSource
V2-9062
kRSUnicode
166.11
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C2E7
kCCCII
215D3D
kCNS1986
1-7752
kCNS1992
1-7752
kEACC
215D3D
kJis0
7858
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7982
kTaiwanTelegraph
6853
kXerox
323:064
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6967+166.7.11
kCantonese
hei1
kDefinition
manage, control; thousandth part of tael
kFanqie
里之
kHangul
리:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63684.070:lí,xī,lái,tāi,lài
kJapanese
リ キ ライ タイ りん おさめる さいわい
kJapaneseKun
OSAMERU
kJapaneseOn
RI KI RAI
kKorean
LI HUY
kMandarin
xī lí
kSMSZD2003Readings
lí粵lei4 xī粵hei1
kTGHZ2013
393.180:xī
kXHC1983
0691.171:lí 1234.011:xǐ
kSemanticVariant
U+2D016 U+5398<kFennIndex:T,kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSimplifiedVariant
U+5398

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Structure & connections

0.10
16dictionary records using 釐0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
𠩺 wraps around 里 from the upper left · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿸𠩺里$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸𠩺里$(GHTJKPV)

^⿱⿰未攵厘$(X)

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