立
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to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #275 U+7ACB
How 立 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A man standing on the ground 一
How to remember it
standing up · Heisig RSH #444
— as a component also called: vase
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 立 as their sound component
These characters all use 立 (lì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立 sound component | lì | to stand; to establish, to set up |
| 拉 | lā | to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin) |
| 粒 | lì | grain, granule; bullet, pellet |
| 泣 | qì | to cry, to sob, to weep |
| 垃 | lā | garbage, refuse, trash, waste |
| 飒 | sà | bleak; melancholy; the howl of the wind |
| 昱 | yù | bright, dazzling; sunlight |
| 笠 | lì | bamboo hat; bamboo covering |
| 翊 | yì | flying; to assist, to help; to respect |
Words containing 立
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立山区 | Lì shān Qū | Lishan, a district of Anshan City 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 中立国 | zhōng lì guó | neutral country |
| 国立西南联合大学 | Guó lì Xī nán Lián hé Dà xué | National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile … |
| 中立性 | zhōng lì xìng | impartiality; neutrality |
| 州立大学 | Zhōu lì Dà xué | State University (US) |
| 马三立 | Mǎ Sān lì | Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian |
| 交通立体化 | jiāo tōng lì tǐ huà | grade separation (civil engineering) |
| 立法会 | lì fǎ huì | legislative council; LegCo (Hong Kong) |
| 安家立业 | ān jiā lì yè | stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off |
| 水立方 | Shuǐ lì fāng | Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue… |
| 立法机关 | lì fǎ jī guān | legislature |
| 成家立业 | chéng jiā lì yè | to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself |
| 国立 | guó lì | national; state-run; public |
| 立国 | lì guó | to found a country |
| 立山 | Lì shān | see 立山區|立山区[Li4 shan1 Qu1] |
| 市立 | shì lì | municipal; city; city-run |
| 中立 | zhōng lì | neutral; neutrality |
| 立可白 | lì kě bái | correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") (Tw) |
| 立方体 | lì fāng tǐ | cube; cubic |
| 立马 | lì mǎ | at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly |