Chinese Character 哩 Meanings and components.

Form

哩

Meaning

哩 meaning[3] in English

Mile (Unit Of Length Equal To 1,609.344 M).

Old Form Of Modern 英里[Ying1 Li3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and variant of 裡|里[li3] (里)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RWG

How to write 哩

To write哩li1mile (unit … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 里li3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 里 = 哩

哩 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 哩 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 哩, looks as follow:

哩
Pinyin:li1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mile (Unit Of Length Equal To 1,609.344 M) . Old Form Of Modern 英里[Ying1 Li3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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