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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

厘: rin, 1/10 sen

Also: 1/10 bu

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

厂 carries the meaning · 里 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リンrin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 厘りんone-hundredth
  • 厘毛りんもうfarthing; trifle
  • 七厘しちりんportable earthen charcoal brazier (for…

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Watch your step! This radical represents the sheer, unyielding wall of a mountain.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
厘 rin · 厂
vs埋 bury · 土
厘 has 厂 where 埋 has 土.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lí

Same form: 厘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
厘 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
厘 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lí most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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