Pronunciation:
lĭMeaning:
inside, neighborhood, ½ kilometerEtymology:
Simplified Chinese uses this character for two different traditional characters:
'Inside' - traditional Chinese has two alternate characters: 裏 and 裡. Both = clothing 衣 + 里 (phonetic) and come from an older word for the fabric used to line clothing. (
phono-semantic compound)
'Neighborhood, ½ kilometer' - patch of land 田 + earth 土. (
associative compound)
Traditional characters: 裏 or 裡, 里
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Li Bai's 秋浦歌(其十五)Word of the day on: 02.10.08