里
league, parent's home, ri, village
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:7
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:1096
Vocabulary
リ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郷里 | キョウリ | hometown; birthplace |
| 千里 | センリ | 1000 ri; (a) long distance |
| 万里 | バンリ | thousands of miles |
| 一望千里 | イチボウセンリ | sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse |
| 一里 | イチリ | 2.44 miles |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亜爾加里 | アルカリ | alkali |
| 里 | り | Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m) |
| 里帰り | さとがえり | returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant) |
| 里子 | さとご | foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet) |
| 古里 | ふるさと | hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
星
dot, mark, spot, star
Grade 2JLPT 2
厘
1/10 bu, 1/10 sen, rin
Grade 8JLPT 1
重
-fold, esteem, heap up, heavy, important, nest of boxes, pile up, respect
Grade 3JLPT 4
皇
emperor
Grade 6JLPT 1
早
early, fast
Grade 1JLPT 4
時
hour, time
Grade 2JLPT 5
埋
be filled up, bury, embedded
Grade 8JLPT 2
映
projection, reflect, reflection
Grade 6JLPT 4
専
exclusive, mainly, solely, specialty
Grade 6JLPT 2
黒
black
Grade 2JLPT 4