Characters › 里
7 strokes · radical 里 (village/mile) · traditional 裡
12 strokes · simplified 里
A way to remember it
A field, 田, above earth, 土 — the land measured out and settled. It is both the village and the old unit of distance, and in 里面 it is the inside.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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lining; interior
lǐ — lining; interior
Radical 里 (village/mile) · 7 strokes · traditional 裡
12 strokes · simplified 里
A way to remember itA field, 田, above earth, 土 — the land measured out and settled. It is both the village and the old unit of distance, and in 里面 it is the inside.