Kanji Details:
- 里
- Frequency:1096
- Kun: さと
- On: リ
- Meaning: ri, village, parent's home, league
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 里 り 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) 千里 せんり 1000 ri, (a) long distance 郷里 きょうり birth-place, home town 万里 ばんり thousands of miles 里子 さとご foster child 里帰り さとがえり returning home, visiting one's parents, new bride's first visit to parents 里親 さとおや foster parent(s) 山里 やまざと mountain hamlet (village) 人里 ひとざと human habitation 一里塚 いちりづか milestone (1 ri apart)