釐

简 厘 · 繁 釐
Mandarin · pinyin lí#

Meanings · lí

  1. one hundredth
  2. centi-
Mandarin · pinyin Lí#

Meanings · Lí

  1. 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
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釐
xī · lí · manage, control; thousandth part of tael
厘
lí · manage, control; thousandth part of tael
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2 · li2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hei1 · hei2 · lei4

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character

  1. centi- (SI unit prefix)
  2. cash, a unit of weight, equal to one tenth of a 分 (fēn, “candareen”)
  3. 0.001 dollars, yuan; 0.1 cents, fen; 1 mill, li, etc. (currency unit)
  4. unit of monthly interest (0.01%), unit of annual interest (1%)
  5. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 嫠 (lí)

character

  1. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 禧 (xǐ, “auspicious; lucky”)
  2. a surname

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釐 · li2 · Li2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 111,165, 111,164
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Exact source records釐 厘 [li2] /one hundredth/centi-/釐 厘 [Li2] /Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]/