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Kanji Detail for 里 - "village, hometown, home"

  • Meaning

    里 means "village, hometown, home."

    1. Village - A rural hamlet; countryside.

    2. Residence - A dwelling; a home.

    3. Birthplace - The native home of a wife or servant.

    4. Administrative unit - An ancient Japanese district division.

    5. To dwell - To live; to reside.

    6. Foster home - A home for raising children.

    7. Distance unit - A measurement of road distance.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ri; village; parent's home; league

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 裡|里[li3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A residential area. As in those from the same village are called 同里. | A unit for measuring distance. In the old system, 360 steps made one li. Today, 150 market zhang make one market li. Two market li make one kilometer.
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