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Kanji Detail for 里 - "village, birthplace"

里

  • Meaning

    里 means "village, birthplace." Also associated with residence.

    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.

  • Words using 里

    • 千里 せんり Listen 1000 ri; (a) long distance
    • 郷里 きょうり Listen hometown; birthplace
    • 万里 ばんり Listen thousands of miles
    • 里子 さとご Listen foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
    • 里帰り さとがえり Listen returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married
    • 里親 さとおや Listen foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker

  • Four-character idioms with 里

    • 一望千里 いちぼうせんり Listen sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
    • 一瀉千里 いっしゃせんり Listen one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
    • 五里霧中 ごりむちゅう Listen totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze
    • 前程万里 ぜんていばんり Listen a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one
    • 千里同風 せんりどうふう Listen a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
    • 四里四方 よりよほう Listen large area; Edo

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    • Verified meaning: village, birthplace
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さと, さとざき, さとし, さとゆき)
    • Also carries these associations: residence

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 里

    Given names 里(さと)Listen 里(さとし)Listen

    Surnames 里(さとざき)Listen 里(さとゆき)Listen 里(り)Listen 里(りあ)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ri(リ) リ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sato(さと) さと

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    里 (sato・satohen)

  • Related Keywords

    village residence birthplace administrative unit distance unit foster home mansion to dwell hometown hamlet community countryside rural settlement neighborhood district

Sentences including 里

  • Does he often call his parents at home?

  • He lived in a house remote from the village.

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