里 lǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 里 — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
里边
lǐbian
inside
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 房间里边很热。 Fángjiān lǐbian hěn rè. It's very hot inside the room.
- 书包里边有什么？ Shūbāo lǐbian yǒu shénme? What's inside the schoolbag?
- 这里边没有人。 Zhè lǐbian méiyǒu rén. There's nobody in here.