例 — Chinese character
例
lì
precedent, example, case; regulation
- Pinyin
- lì
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 列
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 列
- Japanese
- 例 as a kanji
Common words with 例
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比例 | bǐ lì | proportion; scale |
| 条例 (條例) | tiáo lì | regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes |
| 例子 | lì zi | case; (for) instance |
| 案例 | àn lì | case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example |
| 例外 | lì wài | exception; to be an exception |
| 病例 | bìng lì | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |
| 惯例 (慣例) | guàn lì | convention; usual practice |
| 为例 (為例) | wéi lì | used in the construction 以...為例|以...为例, "to take ... as an example" |
| 实例 (實例) | shí lì | actual example; living example |
| 举例 (舉例) | jǔ lì | to give an example |
| 例行 | lì xíng | routine (task, procedure etc); as usual |
English words written with 例
- example
- instance
- regulations
- exception
- implementation
- proportion
- precedent
- illustrate
- statutes
- ordinances
- exemplify
- exemplar
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.