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Etymology · 词源

“里”的历史构形可以这样理解：田、土主要提示意义范围。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 以上是各字的历史构形说明；“里”作为现代词语时，应结合完整词义学习，不能把单字意义机械相加。

A village (里) is an area of land (土) where people have fields (田). In simplified Chinese 里 is also used to mean "inside", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 裡. These notes explain the characters’ formation. Learn 里 as a complete modern word rather than mechanically adding isolated character meanings.

Learning note · 学习提示：形旁通常提示意义范围，声旁通常提示较早的读音；现代普通话读音或字义可能已经发生变化。