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
里面
lǐmiàn
inside
Characters in this word
面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 包里面有书。 Bāo lǐmiàn yǒu shū. There is a book inside the bag.
- 里面很安静。 Lǐmiàn hěn ānjìng. It is very quiet inside.
- 我在里面等。 Wǒ zài lǐmiàn děng. I wait inside.