立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
立刻
lìkè
immediately
Characters in this word
刻 kè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 亥 12th terrestrial branch 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我立刻回家。 Wǒ lìkè huí jiā. I go home immediately.
- 请立刻开始。 Qǐng lìkè kāishǐ. Please start immediately.
- 他立刻同意。 Tā lìkè tóngyì. He agrees immediately.