The Chinese Radical: 里


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Meaning
village, mile    里

Explanation

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

Top: field 田, bottom: earth 土
Fields and earth belong to a village.  
HSK 3
to double, to repeat, heavy, serious
chóng, zhòng
A vehicle 車 (= A hand-cart viewed from above: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二) with further wheels 二 (This vehicle was simplified into: 车)
A vehicle with double wheels is suitable for heavy loads.  
HSK 3
reason, intrinsic order, logic, science

Left: king 王, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.)
When the king comes to the village, there must be a reason.  
HSK 4
to measure, amount, to estimate, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
liáng, liàng
Top: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 over the horizon 一), below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
At the sunrise the village is measured.  
HSK 4
child, children
tóng
Top: stand 立, below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.  
HSK 5
knock against, ring a bell, meet by accident
zhuàng
Left: hand 扌, right: child 童 (is standing 立 in the village 里 [= Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village])
If a hand hits a child, it can only be a random knocking or bumping.  
HSK 5
one hundredth, centi-

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

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

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

Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 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.  
no HSK
irresolute, unsettled
chōng
Left: feelings 忄, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
The feelings of a child are irresolute and unsettled.  
no HSK
pupil of the eye
tóng
Left: eye 目, right: child, children 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child)
The eye has a 'child': The pupil.  

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