0134 - 里[이/리] - 마을 - unit of distance; village; lane

The Story [이야기] :

• This character combines "paddy field" 田 and "earth" 土 to mean "a small village".  A certain small village has lots of paddy field 田 on its land 土.
• 이 is used if found at the beginning of the word, and 리 otherwise.
• This character 里[리] was also used as a unit of measurement for distance.  See below.   

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

리 [里] - (1) ri, a Korean measurement of distance (0.244 miles, 400 meters), (2) ri, the smallest administrative unit; village; township
산리 [山里] - a mountain village; a village among mountains
동리 [洞里] - a village
이민 [里民] - village folk [people]
이장 [里長] - the head of a village
이수 [里數] - (1) the mileage; the distance, (2) the number of villages
방리 [方里] - a square ri
천리 [千里] - a thousand ri; a long distance
만리 [萬里] - ten thousand; a long distance
해리 [海里] - a nautical mile; a knot
삼천리 [三千里] - the whole (land) of Korea
구리시 [九里市] - Guri City (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

옛 속담에 千里 길도 한 걸음부터 입니다.
An ancient proverb says, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

1980年대에는 하나씩만 낳아도 三千里는 초만원이라는 표語가 거리와 공중 화장室에 넘쳐났다.
In the 1980s, "Having just one child can fill the entire country of Korea" was the catchphrase.

구리시 [九里市] - Guri City (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)