漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
李: plum
JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 子 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
リri · on'yomi · in compounds
- 行李こうりwicker trunk; wicker luggage
- 桃李とうりpeach and plum
- 李花りかplum blossoms
Also read すもも, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side李 plum · 木
vs季 seasons · 禾In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lǐ
Same form: 李 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 李 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 李 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lǐ 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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