CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

 

 

5 strokes ( )

 ㄌl4, ㄨㄟ4 (li4, ueij4)

lì, wèi

 

立 = to (let) stand; to set (up); to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately; Chinese surname => associative compound of a man standing on the ground , i.e. inverse of - (radical 117)

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