Dong Chinese dictionary

lì

benefit

Depicts harvesting grain (禾) with a blade (刂). Harvest was the main source of profit in agricultural societies.

Components

禾 Iconic component

hé

grain stalk

刂 Iconic component

dāo

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

利

lì

gains, advantage, profit, merit; sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit

利

Lì

surname Li

Most common words with 利

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	利用	to exploit
	利	sharp
	利益	benefit
	胜利	victory
	顺利	smoothly

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

犁悧

Sound component in 10 characters (1 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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