李 — Chinese character
李
lǐ
plum; luggage; surname
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 子
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 子
- Japanese
- 李 as a kanji
Common words with 李
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行李 | xíng li | luggage; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 行李箱 | xíng li xiāng | suitcase; baggage compartment |
| 李子 | lǐ zi | plum; 个 (gè) |
| 桃李 | táo lǐ | (literary) one's students |
| 行李架 | xíng li jià | luggage rack |
| 投桃报李 (投桃報李) | tóu táo bào lǐ | toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor; to exchange gifts |
| 行李袋 | xíng li dài | travel bag |
| 蔡李佛 | cài lǐ fó | Choy Li Fut (Chinese martial art) |
| 李树 (李樹) | lǐ shù | plum tree |
| 瓜田李下 | guā tián lǐ xià | abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠[gua1 tian2 bu4 na4 lu:3 , li3 xia4 bu4 zheng3 guan1] |
| 行李房 | xíng li fáng | luggage office |
| 李代桃僵 | lǐ dài táo jiāng | lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another |
English words written with 李
李 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
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.