利

lì

sharp

surname Li; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit

grain (禾) + blade (刂) = sharp, profitable advantage

A blade cutting through grain captures the moment of harvest — the sharp, clean separation that yields benefit and profit. Sharpness makes the work easy; ease makes it advantageous.

禾+刂→利
刂KnifeSemantic
禾GrainSemantic

这把刀很利,切菜很方便。

zhè bǎ dāo hěn lì, qiē cài hěn fāngbiàn。

This knife is very sharp, so cutting vegetables is very convenient.

多读书对你的成长有利。

duō dú shū duì nǐ de chéngzhǎng yǒu lì。

Reading more books is beneficial to your growth.

Words with 利

匈牙利

xiōng yá lì

Hungary

利息率

lì xi lǜ

interest rate

尤利西斯

yóu lì xī sī

Ulysses (novel)

普利茅斯

pǔ lì máo sī

Plymouth

维多利亚

wéi duō lì yà

(name) Victoria

塔那那利佛

tǎ nà nà lì fó

Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar

伯利恒

bó lì héng

Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)

意大利

yì dà lì

Italy

非营利

fēi yíng lì

nonprofit

毛利率

máo lì lǜ

gross profit margin; gross margin

克利夫兰

kè lì fū lán

Cleveland

功利

gōng lì

utility

More characters with 禾

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