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Kanji Grade 2 - 里

Kanji character Grade 2 里. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 里
About
ri, village, parent's home, league
Kun: さと
On: リ
7 strokes
Radical: village, mile 里
Parts: 里
 
Onyomi
里 【リ】 Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles, neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes), unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
俚言 【リゲン】 dialect, language of the common people, colloquial language, slang
万里 【バンリ】 thousands of miles
亜爾加里 【アルカリ】 alkali
 
Kunyomi
里 【さと】 village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
里親 【さとおや】 foster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker
お里 【おさと】 one's parents' home, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
夏山冬里 【なつやまふゆさと】 pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter, rotated grazing