리

리 U+B9AC, 리
HANGUL SYLLABLE RI
Composition:ㄹ + ㅣ
Dubeolsik input:f-l
← 릫
[U+B9AB] 		Hangul Syllables 릭 →
[U+B9AD]

Korean

리릭릮릯린릱릲
릳릴릵릶릷릸릹
릺릻림립릾릿맀
링맂맃맄맅맆맇
릐 ←→ 마

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[리]
Revised Romanization? ri
Revised Romanization (translit.)? li
McCune–Reischauer? ri
Yale Romanization? li

Etymology 1

Syllable

리 • (ri)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄹ and ㅣ.

Etymology 2

Suffix

—리 • (-ri)

  1. a suffix deriving a passive verb.
    • 그가 가방을 든다. (Geuga gabang-eul deunda., “He carries a bag.”) → 가방이 그에게 들린다. (Gabang-i geuege deullinda., “The bag is carried by him.”)

Suffix

—리 • (-ri)

  1. a suffix deriving a causative verb.
    • 그가 가방을 든다. (Geuga gabang-eul deunda., “He carries a bag.”) → 그녀가 그에게 가방을 들린다. (Geunyeoga geuege gabang-eul deullinda., “She has him carry the bag.”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

—리 • (--ri-)

  1. (obsolete) I guess sb will ...
    • 그는 벌써 저녁을 먹었으리라. (Geuneun beolsseo jeonyeogeul meogeosseurira., “He might have had dinner already.”)
  2. (obsolete) I/We will ...
    • 내 속히 다녀오리다. (Nae sokhi danyeoorida., “I'll be back soon.”)

Suffix

—리 • (--ri)

  1. (obsolete) I guess sb will ...
  2. (obsolete) I/We will ...
    • 세상이 나를 절망케 해도 나는 살아가리. (Sesang-i nareul jeolmangke haedo naneun saragari., “Even with the world frustrating me, I shall live.”)
  3. (obsolete) How on earth will I/we ...?
    • 나라를 빼앗겼거늘, 어찌 가만히 있을 수 있으리? (Narareul ppaeatgyeotgeoneul, eojji gamanhi isseul su isseuri?, “The nation being deprived of, how on earth could we stay motionless?”)

Usage notes

The suffix -ri- is followed only by specific suffixes, including -da, -ra, -ni, -nira, therefore making combined suffixes like -rida, -rira, -rini, -rinira.

The suffix -ri takes the sequential form, and if the stem ends in ㄹ (l), the ㄹ (l) does not fall out.

Etymology 4

Noun

리 • (ri) (hanja 理)

  1. (dependent) reason, logic, (with negation) even the slightest possibility
    • 그럴 리가 없다! (Geureol riga eopda!, “That can't be true!”)
    • 주인공이 죽을 리가 있겠냐? (Ju-in-gong-i jugeul riga itgennya?, “Do you think the main character can ever die?”)

Noun

리 • (ri) (hanja 里)

  1. (units of measure) li, a traditional Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
  2. (government) village, a Korean administrative division covering a small settlement and its surrounding hinterland.
    (Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리 (ri), 동 (dong), 면 (myeon), 읍 (eup), 구 (gu), 군 (gun), 시 (si), 도 (do)

Proper noun

리 • (Ri) (hanja 李)

  1. The second most common Korean surname - the North Korean spelling.
Usage notes
  • Most commonly romanized as Lee. Other romanizations include Li, Yi, Ri, and Rhee. Due to the phonology of the South Korean, the spelling 이 (i) is used in South Korea.

Suffix

-—리 • (-ri) (hanja 裡, 裏)

  1. in the center of
Derived terms
  • 성황리 (盛況裏, seonghwangni)
  • 절찬리 (絶讚裡, jeolchalli)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

리 (ri)

Extended content
  1. 里:
    (MC reading: 里 (MC lɨX))
  2. 理:
    (MC reading: 理 (MC lɨX))
  3. 利:
    (MC reading: 利 (MC liɪH))
  4. 梨:
    (MC reading: 梨 (MC liɪ))
  5. 李:
    (MC reading: 李 (MC lɨX))
  6. 吏:
    (MC reading: 吏 (MC lɨH))
  7. 離:
    (MC reading: 離 (MC liᴇ, liᴇH, leiH))
  8. 裏:
    (MC reading: 裏 (MC lɨX))
  9. 履:
    (MC reading: 履 (MC liɪX))
  10. 俚:
    (MC reading: 俚 (MC lɨX))
  11. 莉:
    (MC reading: 莉 (MC lei))
  12. 璃:
    (MC reading: 璃 (MC liᴇ))
  13. 俐:
    (MC reading: 俐)
  14. 唎:
    (MC reading: 唎)
  15. 浬:
    (MC reading: 浬)
  16. 狸:
    (MC reading: 狸 (MC lɨ))
  17. 痢:
    (MC reading: 痢 (MC liɪH))
  18. 籬:
    (MC reading: 籬 (MC liᴇ))
  19. 罹:
    (MC reading: 罹 (MC liᴇ))
  20. 羸:
    (MC reading: 羸 (MC liuᴇ))
  21. 釐:
    (MC reading: 釐 (MC lɨ))
  22. 鯉:
    (MC reading: 鯉 (MC lɨX))
  23. 涖:
    (MC reading: 涖 (MC liɪH, leiH))
  24. 𢻠:
    (MC reading: 𢻠)
  25. 犂:
    (MC reading: 犂 (MC liɪ))
  26. 摛:
    (MC reading: 摛 (MC ʈʰˠiᴇ))
  27. 剺:
    (MC reading: 剺 (MC lɨ))
  28. 哩:
    (MC reading: 哩)
  29. 嫠:
    (MC reading: 嫠 (MC lɨ))
  30. 莅:
    (MC reading: 莅 (MC liɪH))
  31. 蜊:
    (MC reading: 蜊 (MC liɪ))
  32. 螭:
    (MC reading: 螭 (MC ʈʰˠiᴇ))
  33. 貍:
    (MC reading: 貍 (MC lɨ))
  34. 邐:
    (MC reading: 邐 (MC liᴇX))
  35. 魑:
    (MC reading: 魑 (MC ʈʰˠiᴇ))
  36. 黐:
    (MC reading: 黐 (MC liᴇ, ʈʰˠiᴇ))
  37. 漓:
    (MC reading: 漓 (MC liᴇ))
  38. 裡: Alternative form of 裏
    (MC reading: 裡 (MC lɨX))
  39. 离: Alternative form of 離
    (MC reading: 离 (MC liᴇ, ʈʰˠiᴇ))
  40. 悧: Alternative form of 俐
    (MC reading: 悧)
  41. 厘: Alternative form of 釐
    (MC reading: 厘)
  42. 犁: Alternative form of 犂
    (MC reading: 犁 (MC lei))
  43. 刕:
    (MC reading: 刕 (MC liɪ))
  44. 剓:
    (MC reading: 剓)
  45. 劙:
    (MC reading: 劙 (MC liᴇ, leiX, leiH))
  46. 鱺:
    (MC reading: 鱺 (MC leiX))
  47. 麗:
    (MC reading: 麗 (MC liᴇ, leiH))
  48. 黧:
    (MC reading: 黧 (MC lei))
Alternative forms
  • 이 (i) (South Korea)
Usage notes

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 이 (i) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 리 (ri) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

References
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