里 lǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 里 — inside
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
里头
lǐtou
inside
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 包里头有书。 Bāo lǐtou yǒu shū. There is a book in the bag.
- 盒子里头很暗。 Hézi lǐtou hěn àn. It is dark inside the box.
- 屋里头有人。 Wū lǐtou yǒu rén. There is someone in the house.