Zi:裏

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(=​S​) [] inside (of a garment/etc.); (HDZ:) ​; …

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹lǐ* [​/​] {A} n. lining; insideb.f. internal; interior; inside ►lǐtou 里头suf. in; insideFángzi ∼ yǒurén ma? 房子∼有人吗? Is there anybody in the house?
¹li [​/​] {E} See ¹lǐ

The Shuōwén Seal form of 裏 lǐ ‘inside (of a garment)’ splits ​ yī ‘clothing/garment’ in half (​𧘇), and puts ​ lǐ (phonosemantic) on the inside (⿳​𧘇); later wr. ​ (cf. ​), and simplified to ​.
    Compare: ​ lǐ ‘village (25 homesteads)’ (one is an insider within one's village/hometown).
    Note: Today wr. ​ in the common full form (Big5); the old form 裏 (not in original Big5) is seen in many old texts, but was replaced by ​ in order to avoid confusion with ​ (guǒ).
    Compare: ​ guǒ ‘wrap/bind’ (​); because of the similarity (esp. at small sizes), 裏 lǐ ‘inside’ came to be wr. ​ in modern full-form texts.
    HDZ: 裏 : lǐ : (SW:) ​: ​ (cf. ​); ​; ​ (ant. ​); ​; (​) ​, ​; (​) ​, ​; ​ (​; ​)
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3091.6; Mathews:3865; Guǎngyùn:252.19; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1117.04
►components:𧘇
►Cantonese: leuih/
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