Where does “里” come from?
里 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 聡い — clever, keen, smart, quick on the uptake.
里 (Japanese): a village; a country house; one's hometown
Definitions
- a village; a country house; one's hometown
Ancestry of “里”, step by step
里 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 聡い
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 聡い | clever, keen, smart, quick on the uptake |
via Middle Chinese 里
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 里 | — |