| 釐 | |||
| manage, control; 1/1000 of a foot | |||
| Radical | 里里 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 11 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading | lí xī | Cantonese reading | hei1 lei4 |
| Japanese on reading | ri ki rai | Japanese kun reading | osameru |
| Korean reading | li huy | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 厘 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 厘 | ||
| 釐 | [ lí ] Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1] |
| 釐 | [ lí ] one hundredth, centi- |
| 釐克 | [ lí kè ] centigram |
| 釐升 | [ lí shēng ] centiliter |
| 釐析 | [ lí xī ] to analyze in detail |
| 釐清 | [ lí qīng ] to clarify (the facts), clarification |
| 釐米 | [ lí mǐ ] centimeter |
| ⇒ 公釐 | [ gōng lí ] millimeter |
| ⇒ 失之毫釐，差之千里 | [ shī zhī haó lí chà zhī qiān lǐ ] a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses |
| ⇒ 失之毫釐，差以千里 | [ shī zhī haó lí chà yǐ qiān lǐ ] a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses |
| ⇒ 差之毫釐，失之千里 | [ chā zhī haó lí shī zhī qiān lǐ ] the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom), a miss is as good as a mile |
| ⇒ 差之毫釐，謬以千里 | [ chā zhī haó lí miù yǐ qiān lǐ ] the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom), a miss is as good as a mile |
| ⇒ 析毫剖釐 | [ xī haó poū lí ] to analyze in the finest detail |
| ⇒ 毫釐不爽 | [ haó lí bù shuǎng ] not to deviate an iota (idiom), to be extremely accurate |
| ⇒ 立方釐米 | [ lì fāng lí mǐ ] cubic centimeter |
| ⇒ 車釐子 | [ chē lí zi ] (American) cherry (loanword) |