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里 — stroke order

lǐ
ㄌㄧˇ
Meaning
unit of distance equal to 0.5km
Strokes
7
Radical
里
Practise 里 in the full tool →

Watch how to write 里 (lǐ) stroke by stroke. 里 has 7 strokes and means “unit of distance equal to 0.5km”. It appears in common words such as 这里 (here) and 哪里 (where?). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 里

The most common words that use 里 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

这里zhèlǐhere哪里nǎlǐwhere?里面lǐmiàninside那里nàlithere心里xīnlichest公里gōnglǐkilometer

How 里 is written

Radical
里
Components
田 + 土
Formation
Ideographic — Unit of measure for farm 田 land 土.

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