李
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plum
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 李
- Common rank
- #452
- Unicode
- U+674E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 李
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 李斯特 | Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer; Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British s… | |
| 李自成 | Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty | |
| 李小龙 | Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert | |
| 李后主 | Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet;… | |
| 李德林 | Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty | |
| 李成江 | Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater | |
| 李子 | plum; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 行李员 | porter; bellboy | |
| 李斯 | Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdo… | |
| 李代数 | Lie algebra (math.) | |
| 李天王 | the pagoda bearing god | |
| 李尔王 | King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 | |
| 张家长，李家短 | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors | |
| 李白 | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | |
| 行李 | luggage; CL:件[jian4] | |
| 李安 | Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dr… | |
| 李维斯 | Levi's (brand) | |
| 李世民 | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), r… | |
| 李政道 | Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel lau… | |
| 李德 | Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939 |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 子 — compare how they read.