利 (lì)
benefit/profit/sharp
How 利 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 禾 — grain
- Traditional
- 利
- Simplified
- 利 (unchanged)
Components
- 禾 grain
- 刂 knife
Common words using 利
- 利用 lìyòng
- exploit; make use of; to use
- 利益 lìyì
- benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 勝利 shènglì
- victory; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大吉大利 dàjídàlì
- great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
- 意大利 yìdàlì
- Italy; Italian
- 戰利品 zhànlìpǐn
- plunder
- 權利 quánlì
- power; right; privilege
- 福利 fúlì
- (material) welfare; well-being
- 順利 shùnlì
- smoothly; without a hitch
- 不利 bùlì
- unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful
- 便利 biànlì
- convenient; easy; to facilitate
- 利事 lìshì
- lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利是[li4 shi4]
利 in a sentence
多運動對身體健康很有利。
Duō yùndòng duì shēntǐ jiànkāng hěn yǒulì.
“Exercising more is very beneficial for your health.”
How common is 利?
利 is the 155th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 50.5% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 利
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