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favorable, useful 利
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Used in these characters:
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利
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| favorable, profit, interest, to benefit, sharp (knife)
lì
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利
禾
刂
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂
(Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.
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梨
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| pear (fruit)
lí
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利
木
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Top: profit 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 brings profit.), bottom: tree 木
A profitable tree is the pear.
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俐
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| clever
lì
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亻
利
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Left: person 亻, right: profit, favorable 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 is favorable and brings profit.)
A person making profit is clever.
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莉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| jasmine
lì
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艹
利
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: profit, favorable 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 is favorable and brings profit.)
The plant that brings profit is: jasmine.
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犁
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JLPT no HSK |
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| plow
lí
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利
牛
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Top: profit 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 brings profit.), bottom: cow, ox 牛
A profit brings the ox at a plow.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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