李
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plum
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #452 U+674E
How 李 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 子 (phonetic, zǐ)
How to remember it
plum · Heisig RSH #223
木 tree + 子 child
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 子
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 子 (zǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 子 sound component | zǐ | son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing |
| 孜 | zī | diligent, hard-working |
| 耔 | zǐ | to hoe the soil around one's plants |
Words containing 李
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 李斯特 | Lǐ sī tè | Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer; Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British s… |
| 李自成 | Lǐ Zì chéng | Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty |
| 李小龙 | Lǐ Xiǎo lóng | Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert |
| 李后主 | Lǐ Hòu zhǔ | Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet;… |
| 李德林 | Lǐ Dé lín | Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty |
| 李成江 | Lǐ Chéng jiāng | Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater |
| 李子 | lǐ zi | plum; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 行李员 | xíng li yuán | porter; bellboy |
| 李斯 | Lǐ Sī | Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdo… |
| 李代数 | Lǐ dài shù | Lie algebra (math.) |
| 李尔王 | Lǐ ěr wáng | King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 |
| 李天王 | Lǐ tiān wáng | the pagoda bearing god |
| 张家长，李家短 | Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors |
| 李白 | Lǐ Bái | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet |
| 行李 | xíng li | luggage; CL:件[jian4] |
| 李安 | Lǐ Ān | Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dr… |
| 李维斯 | Lǐ wéi sī | Levi's (brand) |
| 李世民 | Lǐ Shì mín | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), r… |
| 李政道 | Lǐ Zhèng dào | Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel lau… |
| 李德 | Lǐ Dé | Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939 |