Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 + phonetic 里 ‎(OC *rɯʔ).

Han character

哩 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口田土 (RWG), four-corner 6601₄, composition ⿰口里)

References

• KangXi: page 190, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3649
• Dae Jaweon: page 409, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 629, character 3
• Unihan data for U+54E9

Chinese

Pronunciation

Definitions

哩

1. (obsolete) mile

   ⇒ 英里

Pronunciation

Definitions

哩

1. (at the end of declarative sentence) indicate continuation of a state or action

   Synonyms: 呢 (ne)

2. placed after each item of a list

   Synonyms: 啦 (la)

3. (a phonetic component)

   哩哩啦啦 (līlīlālā)

   哩哩囉囉／哩哩啰啰 (līliluōluō) or 哩哩羅羅／哩哩罗罗 (līliluōluō)

References

• 哩 in CEDICT on MDBG

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. mile

Readings

• On: り (ri)
• Kun: わい (wai), マイル (mairu)

Etymology

From English mile. This kanji is an ateji.

Noun

哩 ‎(katakana マイル, romaji mairu)

1. mile (mi)

Korean

Hanja

哩 • ‎(ri) (hangeul 리, revised ri, McCune-Reischauer ri)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哩 (ré, lí, rí)

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