里头

Character by character

• 里lǐ7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 裏unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
• 头tóu5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 頭head; top; chief, first; boss

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 里头. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 里lǐHSK 1

  lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里

• 这里zhè lǐHSK 1

  here

• 头tóuHSK 2

  head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock

• 里面lǐ miànHSK 3

  inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian]

• 哪里nǎ lǐHSK 1

  where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里

• 那里nà liHSK 1

  there; that place

• 家里jiā lǐHSK 1

  home

• 心里xīn liHSK 2

  chest; heart; mind

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 公里gōng lǐHSK 2

  kilometer

• 镜头jìng tóuHSK 4

  camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene

• 回头huí tóuHSK 5

  to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

• 石头shí touHSK 3

  stone

• 头部tóu bùHSK 7

  head

• 街头jiē tóuHSK 6

  street

• 码头mǎ tóuHSK 5

  dock; pier; wharf

• 眼里yǎnliHSK 4

  In the eyes

• 头脑tóu nǎoHSK 3

  brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss

• 骨头gǔ touHSK 4

  bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou]

• 城里chénglǐHSK 5

  In the city

• 念头niàn touHSK 7

  thought; idea; intention

• 头疼tóu téngHSK 6

  headache

• 点头diǎn tóuHSK 2

  to nod