Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
釐 (18)
リ ; リン
Variant of 耒 plow + 攵 action indicator + 厂 cliff/shape indicator + 里 (Type 1 Phonetic) (long strip) → plow long, neat furrows → manage; control. Ancient unit of weight (equaling 1/100 of a 匁) is a borrowed meaning → small amount.
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