立(lì)

HSK 35 strokes

surname Li

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Character information

Pinyin
lì
Meaning
surname Li
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 立 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿳亠丷一

A man standing on the ground 一

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

亠tóu丷bā一yī

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write 立 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 立

Common words using 立 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chuàng创lì立
HSK 5

to establish; to set up; to found

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zhōng中lì立
HSK 7-9

neutral; neutrality

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gōng公lì立
HSK 7-9

public (e.g. school, hospital)

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gū孤lì立
HSK 7-9

to isolate

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bìng并lì立

to exist side by side; to exist simultaneously

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zhù伫lì立

to stand for a long time

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sān三shí十ér而lì立

thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)

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sān三zú足dǐng鼎lì立

(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power

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Related characters

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 立’s common words

创中公孤并伫三十

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