里

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

里

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

里 character breakdown

里
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 田
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

田

tián = ti + an2

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 里 as component

里

裡

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里

裏

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

野

yě = y + e3

field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral

野 = 予 + 里 : Maud Younger (y) and Zai Yu (予) are having a picnic (野; picnic: 野餐) in the elevator (e3). Zai Yu has a sunflower (里) Maud Younger really wants to have, but although he is fast asleep he holds to the sunflower tightly and won't give (予) it to Maud.

野

壄

yě = y + e3

erroneous variant of 野[ye3]

缠

纏

chán = ch + an2

to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

缠 = 纟 + 广 + 里 : Just as Charlie Chaplin (ch) entered the anthill (an2) he gets entangled (缠) into a mass of parachuting (广) silk worms (纟) which throw sunflowers (里) at him. Charlie Chaplin thinks that the silk worms are quite annoying (缠).

厘

釐

lí = li + Ø2

Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]

厘 = 厂 + 里 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to hide her chocolate factory (厂) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) because she thinks it is ugly. Thus, around the factory she planted a sunflower (里) every other centimeter (厘).

厘

lí = li + Ø2

variant of 釐|厘[li2]

厘

釐

lí = li + Ø2

one hundredth / centi-

鲤

鯉

lǐ = li + Ø3

carp

狸

lí = li + Ø2

raccoon dog / fox-like animal

狸

貍

lí = li + Ø2

variant of 狸[li2]

哩

li = li + Ø5

(modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])

哩

lǐ = li + Ø3

mile

哩 = 口 + 里 : Li Qingzhao (li) is doing research on a huge mandarin (口) in the space station (Ø3). She is planting sunflowers (里) in a complicated trajectory on the mandarin so that the length of the trajectory is exactly one mile (哩).