厘lí
one thousandth. 9 strokes, radical 厂, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin líStrokes 9Radical 厂Band HSK 4Words 1
How to write 厘
Strokes 1–2 write 厂, then strokes 3–9 write 里.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 厘 · the stroke-order rules
What 厘 is made of
厂 (chǎng, cliff) and 里 (lǐ, unit of distance equal to 0.5km).
厂 carries the meaning — workshop — and 里 carries the sound.
Words that use 厘
| 厘米 | a centimeter 长度单位，一百个合成一米 这块木板长三十厘米左右。This board is about thirty centimeters long. Lesson 312, 考场金榜与学术精进 · 铁龙驰骋与青史典章 · Continental Corridors, Legal Justice & Academic Laurels |
Characters that share the sound part 里
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 厂
All 12 of them, and what the radical means, on the 厂 radical page.