The Radical: 里


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Meaning
village, mile    里

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
village, neighborhood, inside, length of 500 meters

Top: field , bottom: earth
Fields and earth belong to a village.
JLPT HSK 3
to double, to repeat, heavy, serious
chóng, zhòng
A vehicle 車 (= A hand-cart viewed from above: axle , loading area , two wheels ) with further wheels (This vehicle was simplfied into: )
A vehicle with double wheels is suitable for heavy loads.
JLPT HSK 3
reason, intrinsic order, logic, science

Left: king , right: village (Fields and earth belong to the village.)
When the king comes to the village, there must be a reason.
JLPT HSK 4
to measure, amount, to estimate, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
liáng, liàng
Top: sunrise (sun over the horizon ), below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
At the sunrise the village is measured.
JLPT HSK 4
child, children
tóng
Top: stand , below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.
JLPT HSK 5
knock against, ring a bell, meet by accident
zhuàng
Left: hand , right: child (is standing in the village [= Fields and earth belong to a village])
If a hand hits a child, it can only be a random knocking or bumping.
JLPT HSK 5
one hundredth, centi-

Left: cliff (here: an angle), below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village.)
Angularly, the village is [divided] so that everybody gets: a hundredth.
JLPT HSK 6
open land, field, open space, wild, feral

Left: village (Fields and earth belong to a village), right: give, bestow (The bent person has a nail to give)
The village is bestowed: an open field.
JLPT HSK 6
to wind around, spool, coil, to involve
chán
广
Left: thread 纟/, right: building 广, village (here: spool in a bearing )
Threads can be wound (within the building) onto a spool.
JLPT HSK 6
to bury, to blame
mái, mán
Left: earth/ground , right: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
In the ground at the village they will be buried.
JLPT HSK 6
banner, classifier for buildings
zhuàng, chuáng
Left: cloth , right: child (Standing in the village : a child.)
A cloth [as small as] a child is: a banner.
JLPT HSK 6
villa
shù
Top: open land (village, home , bestow (The bent person has a nail to give), bottom: earth
A home was bestowed on the earth of our villa.
JLPT no HSK
fox-like animal (i.e. raccoon)

Left: wild animal , right: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
The wild animals at my village are fox-alikes.
JLPT no HSK
mile (=1,609 m), this (Cantonese)
lī, li, lǐ
Left: mouth (here: circumference), right: village, neighborhood (Fields and earth belong to a village)
The circumference of my village is: one mile.
JLPT no HSK
carp

Left: fish / (... with mouth , body and tail fin ), right: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
(Next to the village were carp ponds to easily get food in winter) The fish near the village is the: carp.
JLPT no HSK
irresolute, unsettled
chōng
Left: feelings , right: child (Standing in the village : a child.)
The feelings of a child are irresolute and unsettled.
JLPT no HSK
pupil of the eye
tóng
Left: eye , right: child, children (Standing in the village : a child)
The eye has a 'child': The pupil.

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