| Kanji | 里 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | リ |
| Kunyomi | さと |
| Nanori | さ |
| English | ri, village, parent's home, league |
| Examples | 古里(ふるさと): home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home 郷里(きょうり): birth-place; home town |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | 2 |
| Frequency | 1096 |
| Components | 里: village, mile, village radical (no. 166) |
| Number of Strokes | 7 |
| Kanji Radical | 里 |
| Radical Number | 166 |
| Radical Strokes | 7 |
| Radical Reading | さと・さとへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | ri |
| Koohii Story 1 | The ri is a Japanese way of measuring the area of the GROUND underneath a RICE FIELD. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Hint: Heisig makes here a severe disservice to everyone by using a weird keyword for this character. You´ll save a lot (and I mean, a whole lot) of trouble later by giving it instead its intended meaning: House of the Parents. |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade2, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_counting_units.of.length, kanji_nature_landscape
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