利 (lì): meaning and stroke order
利 (lì) means sharp, favorable, advantage, benefit, profit, interest, to do good to, to benefit.
利
- Simplified
- 利
- Traditional
- 利 (same form)
- Pinyin
- lì
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Stroke order of 利
利
- Lì surname Li
- lì sharp; favorable
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 利
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lì
- sharp
- favorable
- advantage
- benefit
- profit
- interest
- to do good to
- to benefit
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Lì
- surname Li
Radical and structure
- 利
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 7 strokes · 禾 on the left, 刂 on the right
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 利
- 利润 lì rùn profits
- 意大利 Yì dà lì Italy
- 福利 fú lì material benefit; benefit in kind
- 顺利 shùn lì smoothly; without a hitch
- 便利 biàn lì convenient; easy
- 锋利 fēng lì sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive
- 利弊 lì bì pros and cons; merits and drawbacks
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).