立 (lì): meaning and stroke order

立 (lì) means to stand, to set up, to establish, to lay down, to draw up, at once, immediately.

立

Simplified: 立
Traditional: 立 (same form)
Pinyin: lì

Stroke order of 立

立

Lì surname Li
lì to stand; to set up
5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 立

lì
- to stand
- to set up
- to establish
- to lay down
- to draw up
- at once
- immediately
Lì
- surname Li

Radical and structure

立: Radical 立 (Kangxi radical 117) · 5 strokes · 亠 on top, 䒑 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 立

顶天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom)
立场 lì chǎng position; standpoint
独立 dú lì independent; independence
立刻 lì kè immediately; at once; right away

立 in our stories

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她一块一块地把石头填进天空的窟窿，又砍下一只巨龟的四条腿，立在大地的四个角，把天重新撑了起来。

tā yí kuài yí kuài de bǎ shítou tián jìn tiānkōng de kūlong yòu kǎn xià yì zhī jùguī de sì tiáo tuǐ lì zài dàdì de sì gè jiǎo bǎ tiān chóngxīn chēng le qǐlai

One by one she filled the hole with the stones, then cut off the four legs of a giant turtle and set them at the four corners of the earth to prop up the sky again.

From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 立

Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).