里 – ri, village, parent's home

7 strokesTaught in grade 2#1096 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 里 means ri, village, parent's home, league. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リ (ri); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さと (sato). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 里 (no. 166).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リ	ri
Kun’yomi	さと	sato

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 里 (Kangxi radical 166).

Words using 里

古里ふるさとhometown郷里きょうりhometown

Example sentences

私の郷里の町は海に接している。

My home town is adjacent to the ocean.

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Kanji with the same radical

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