lǐ
plum
A plum (李) is the offspring (子) of a tree (木).
Evolution
Bronze script
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 李
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
surname Li | ||
luggage | ||
suitcase | ||
Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer | ||
Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.rəʔ | liX | lǐ | plum |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 18.1003% of movies
1276th most common character in movies
472nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+674E |
Shuowen | “李，果也。从木，子聲。杍，古文。” |
Sources
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