哩

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ).

Han character

哩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口田土 (RWG), four-corner 6601₄, composition ⿰口里)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 190, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3649
• Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 629, character 3
• Unihan data for U+54E9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		哩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 里
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ)

Etymology

(Southern Min) Borrowed from English mile.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li³
    • Yale: lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
    • Yale: léih / lē / lī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ / le¹ / li¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ / lé¹ / li¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/, /lɛː⁵⁵/, /liː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
    • Tâi-lô: mai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: may
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 哩

1. (archaic) mile

   See also: 英里

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): li, lī (li⁵／li⁰, li¹)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄧ, ㄌㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): le¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --li / --le / --lee / mai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: li
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: li̊
    • Wade–Giles: li⁵
    • Yale: li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: li
    • Wade–Giles: li¹
    • Yale: lī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhi
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: le¹
    • Yale: lē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: le¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --li
    • Tâi-lô: --li
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --le
    • Tâi-lô: --le
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lee
    • Tâi-lô: --lee
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mai
    • Tâi-lô: mai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: may
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 哩

1. (at the end of declarative sentence) indicate continuation of a state or action

   Template:zh-syn

2. placed after each item of a list

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3. (a phonetic component)

   哩哩啦啦 (līlilālā)

   哩哩囉囉／哩哩啰啰 (līliluōluō) or 哩哩羅羅／哩哩罗罗 (līliluōluō)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 哩

1. a meaningless particle

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎi (mai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎi
    • Wade–Giles: mai³
    • Yale: mǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae
    • Palladius: май (maj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 哩

1. Only used in 哩伽塔.

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Japanese

Kanji

哩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. mile

Readings

• On (unclassified): り (ri)
• Kun: わい (wai); マイル (mairu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
哩
まいる Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English mile. This kanji is an ateji.

Noun

哩(マイル) • (mairu) 

1. mile (mi)

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Korean

Hanja

哩 (eum 리 (ri))

1. mile

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Vietnamese

Han character

哩: Hán Nôm readings: ré, lí, rí

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