Meta:

  1. 里 is the 50th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 163 words.
  4. appears as a component in 52 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (village/mile)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. li3 - lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裡|里[li3]
  2. li3 - lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裏|里[li3]
  3. Li3 - Li (surname)
  4. li3 - li (Chinese mile)/500 meters (modern)/home/hometown/village/neighborhood/administrative unit

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 里 (li3): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 里 (li3): The component 里 is pronounced as 'li3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

哪里 (哪裏)
 ()
里面 (裡面)
这里 (這裏)

Medium Frequency

三里屯 
公里 
卡路里 
可可西里 
嘴里 (嘴裡)
夜里 (夜裡)
家里 (家裡)
平方公里 
心里 (心裡)
心里话 (心裡話)
怀里 (懷裡)
歇斯底里 
水里 
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
稀里哗啦 (稀裡嘩啦)
里边 (裡邊)
里头 (裡頭)
那里 (那裏)
乡里 (鄉里)
阿里巴巴 
香格里拉 
马德里 (馬德裡)

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Meta:

  1. 氏 is the 1498th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 26 words.
  4. appears as a component in 33 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (clan)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi4 - clan name/maiden name
  2. zhi1 - see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (shi4): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (shi4): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (zhi1): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 氏 (zhi1): The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

人氏 
姓氏 
摄氏 (攝氏)
摄氏度 (攝氏度)
李氏 
氏族 
无名氏 (無名氏)
卢氏 (盧氏)
罗氏 (羅氏)
华氏 (華氏)
里氏 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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