利

Information about character(s)

Radical: 刀
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 𥝢利

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lì
Cantonese: lei6
JapaneseKun: KIKU YOI SURUDOI
JapaneseOn: RI
Korean: LI
Vietnamese: lợi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gains, advantage, profit, merit

CE-Dict: sharp/favorable/advantage/benefit/profit/interest/to do good to/to benefit

Soothill: paṭu (पटु), tīkṣṇa (तीक्ष्ण); sharp, keen, clever; profitable, beneficial; gain, advantage; interest.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Benefit, profit, gain, advantage. (2) Sharp, intelligent, cutting, witty. (3) To serve a purpose.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(of a knife, etc.) sharp
2.advantageous
3.advantage; benefit
4.to benefit
5.smooth-sailing; going
6.profits; interest

1.sharp; keen-edged

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: benefit; favourable; profit; sharp

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: benefit; favourable; profit; sharp

湘雅醫學專業詞典: -agogue,-agoga

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《刀部》利銛也。从刀。和然後利，从和省。《易》曰：“利者，義之和也。”

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【刀字部】利
〔古文〕𥝤【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】力至切【正韻】力地切，𠀤音詈。【說文】銛也。从刀和，然後利，从和省。易利者，義之和也。【前漢·鼂錯傳】兵不完利，與空手同。又【廣韻】吉也，宜也。【易·賁卦】利有攸往。又私利也。【莊子·騈拇篇】小人以身殉利。又【禮·坊記】先財而後禮，則民利。【註】利猶貪也。又【前漢·高帝紀】徙齊楚大族五姓關中，與利田宅。【註】師古曰：利謂便好也。又【周禮·冬官考工記】軸有三理，三者以爲利也。【註】利，滑密也。又州名。【韻會】巴蜀地。晉西益州，梁改利州。又姓。【韻會】漢有利乾，爲中山相。又【韻補】叶音棃。【古樂府】雨雪霏霏雀勞利，長觜飽滿短觜饑。

藏法數 利者，利益。謂凡有益於我者，皆名為利。要覽云：得可意事曰利。是也。

Buddhism words and phrases profit, advantage

CF-Dict: profit/intérêt/ tranchant/favorable

Han-De-Dict: scharf (Messer) (u.E.)/bekommen, erhalten (u.E.) (V)/Vorteil, Gewinn, Profit (u.E.)