The Chinese Radical: 里


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Meaning
village, mile    里

Explanation

Used in these characters:
里
JLPT HSK 1
village, neighborhood, inside, length of 500 meters
lǐ
里
Top: field 田, bottom: earth 土
Fields and earth belong to a village.  
重
JLPT HSK 3
to double, to repeat, heavy, serious
chóng, zhòng
里 重 車
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.  
理
JLPT HSK 3
reason, intrinsic order, logic, science
lǐ
王 里
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.  
量
JLPT HSK 4
to measure, amount, to estimate, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
liáng, liàng
旦 里
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.  
童
JLPT HSK 4
child, children
tóng
童 立 里
Top: stand 立, below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.  
撞
JLPT HSK 5
knock against, ring a bell, meet by accident
zhuàng
扌 童 里
Left: hand 扌, right: child 童 (= It 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.  
厘
JLPT HSK 5
one hundredth, centi-
lí
厂 里
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.  
野
JLPT HSK 6
open land, field, open space, wild, feral
yě
里 予
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.  
缠
JLPT HSK 6
to wind around, spool, coil, to involve
chán
糸 广 里
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.  
埋
JLPT HSK 6
to bury, to blame
mái, mán
土 里
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.  
幢
JLPT HSK 6
banner, classifier for buildings
zhuàng, chuáng
巾 童 里
Left: cloth 巾, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
A cloth [as small as] a child is: a banner.  
墅
JLPT HSK 6
villa
shù
里 予 土
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.  
狸
JLPT no HSK
fox-like animal (i.e. raccoon)
lí
犭 里
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.  
哩
JLPT no HSK
mile (=1,609 m), this (Cantonese)
lī, li, lǐ
口 里
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.  
鲤
JLPT no HSK
carp
lǐ
魚 里
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.  
憧
JLPT no HSK
irresolute, unsettled
chōng
忄 童 里
Left: feelings 忄, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
The feelings of a child are irresolute and unsettled.  
瞳
JLPT no HSK
pupil of the eye
tóng
目 童 里
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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