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On'yomi
RI
Kun'yomi
さと
sato

ri · village · parent's home · league

peaceful

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Strokes7
Frequency#1096
Radicalvillage(7)

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Strokes7

Component Breakdown

=

甲 + one

Cultural Context

Etymology

Combines rice fields and earth, representing farming villages where people live. Also used as a distance unit and means hometown.

Symbolism

Symbolizes hometown, rural areas, and nostalgic places. Represents the original landscape of living with nature and a place to return to.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Murmuring of a river

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

一望千里

いちぼうせんり

sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse; sweeping view of the eye

一瀉千里

いっしゃせんり

one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.; one swift effort

五里霧中

ごりむちゅう

totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; totally at a loss

悪事千里

あくじせんり

bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire; bad news traveling fast

雲煙万里

うんえんばんり

limitless expanse of clouds and smoke; limitless expanse of clouds and smoke

雲泥万里

うんでいばんり

being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world; being poles apart

波濤万里

はとうばんり

faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands; faraway lands

沃野千里

よくやせんり

vast expanse of fertile land; vast expanse of fertile land

舳艫千里

じくろせんり

a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation; a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation

前程万里

ぜんていばんり

a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one; a bright (rosy) future awaiting one

千里同風

せんりどうふう

a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful; a country being in a state of universal peace

平沙万里

へいさばんり

vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain; vast stretch of desert

鵬程万里

ほうていばんり

(over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place; (over) a great distance

懸軍万里

けんぐんばんり

military expedition deep into enemy territory; military expedition deep into enemy territory

四里四方

よりよほう

large area; four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo; large area

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

山里は 冬ぞさびしさ まさりける 人めも草も かれぬと思へば

Poem #28 from Hyakunin Isshu

源宗于朝臣Minamoto no Muneyuki
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

朝ぼらけ ありあけの月と 見るまでに 吉野の里に 降れる白雪

Poem #31 from Hyakunin Isshu

坂上是則Sakanoue no Korenori
10th century

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