Zi:里
里 [lǐ] village; 市里 half kilometer, 公里 kilometer; 英里 mile (F裡) inside/interior (里面), in; 那里 there; 哪里 where?; (HDZ:) …
3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹lǐ* 里[裡/裏] {A} n. lining; inside ◆b.f. internal; interior; inside ►lǐtou 里头 ◆suf. in; inside ‖ Fángzi ∼ yǒurén ma? 房子∼有人吗? Is there anybody in the house?
►¹li 里[裡/裏] {E} See ¹lǐ
►²lǐ 里 {E} n. ①neighborhood ②hometown; native place ③Surname ◆m. Chinese mile (1/2 kilometer or about 1/3 mile); tricent (300 paces)
The simple-form character 里 lǐ ‘village’ is an old character, also used as an abbrev. of the full-form character 裡 lǐ ‘inside’ (in which it is a component), omitting the left-side full-form component 衤(衣); cf. 裡.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 里 lǐ ‘village (25 homesteads)’ combines 田 tián ‘field/land’, and 土 tǔ ‘earth/land’ (五家为邻, 五邻为里).
Note: As a unit of land area (number of parcels) the value of 里 varied over time: SW says it equals 25 family parcels (cf. 廛 ‘homestead/parcel’), but later (presumably as parcels were subdivided) it was 50, 72, 80, 100, or 110 parcels; Karlgren saw the ‘village’ usage as explaining the origin of the ‘length’ usage.
“[里] Village of 25 or 50 families; place of residence; (the length of the side of the said village:) length measure of about 600 meters” —Karlgren(AD).
Note: As a unit of length, 里 has also varied over time (presumably as villages became larger): in 周 Zhōu times it was 300 paces; later, it was 360 paces; or it was 1800 尺 (.576 km); or it was .5 km (市里); with the advent of the metric system, today it is 1 km (公里).
Compare: 市里 shìlǐ ‘500 meters (1/2 kilometer)’ (traditional 里 lǐ); 公里 gōnglǐ ‘one kilometer’ (modern/metric 里 lǐ); 英里 yīnglǐ ‘mile’.
HDZ: 里 : lǐ : 人所居住的地方 (乡村的庐舍; 乡村居民聚落; 巷弄: 城邑的廛里、街坊); 故乡; 居住, 为邻; (古) 户籍管理的一级组织 (二十五家; 五十家; 七十二家; 八十家; 百家; 一百一十户); (单位) 长度单位 (市制一里为一百五十丈, 合公制五百米, 二分之一公里; (周) 三百步; 三百六十步; (旧营造库平) 1800 尺 = .576 km); 计算 (里程); (语气词); (方言) 们; (古) (少数民族名); 裏/裡: 里面, 内部, (简体) 裏/裡; 悝: 忧伤; 理: 道理, 常理; (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:252.18; Wieger:149d; Karlgren:AD529,GSR978a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3680.1; Lindqvist:167; Mathews:3857; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1291.02; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:048.0.08; EDOC:1
►components: 田土
►Cantonese: leih/
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