厘
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one hundredth; centi-
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How 厘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
厂 (semantic, “workshop”) + 里 (phonetic, lǐ)
How to remember it
smidgen · Heisig RSH #1550
cliff + computer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 里
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 里 (lǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里 sound component | lǐ | unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane |
| 理 | lǐ | science, reason, logic; to manage |
| 埋 | mái | to bury; to conceal; to plant |
| 狸 | lí | fox |
| 哩 | li | mile |
| 鲤 | lǐ | carp |
| 俚 | lǐ | rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean |
| 悝 | kuī | to laugh at; to pity; sad; afflicted |
| 陧 | niè | chaos, disorder |
| 锂 | lǐ | lithium |
| 娌 | lǐ | brother's wife |
Words containing 厘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失之毫厘，差之千里 | shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous l… |
| 差之毫厘，失之千里 | chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ | the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile |
| 失之毫厘，差以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous l… |
| 立方厘米 | lì fāng lí mǐ | cubic centimeter |
| 无厘头 | wú lí tóu | silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the… |
| 车厘子 | chē lí zi | (loanword) sweet cherry |
| 失之毫厘，谬以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous l… |
| 差之毫厘，谬以千里 | chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile |
| 巴厘岛 | Bā lí Dǎo | Bali (island in Indonesia) |
| 市厘 | shì lí | li (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ millimeter) |
| 厘金 | lí jīn | a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping R… |
| 厘克 | lí kè | centigram |
| 公厘 | gōng lí | millimeter |
| 巴厘 | Bā lí | Bali (island province of Indonesia) |
| 厘清 | lí qīng | to clarify (the facts); clarification |
| 厘米 | lí mǐ | centimeter |
| 毫厘不爽 | háo lí bù shuǎng | not to deviate an iota (idiom); to be extremely accurate |
| 厘瓦 | lí wǎ | centiwatt |
| 厘升 | lí shēng | centiliter |
| 析毫剖厘 | xī háo pōu lí | to analyze in the finest detail |