ri, village, parent's home, league
里 centers on a settled place where people live and belong: a village, one's hometown or parent's home. The league and ri (distance unit) senses are historical extensions from the idea of a measured community area.
里 combines 田 (rice field) and 土 (earth), representing a measured area of land where people settled, which became the basis for a village or community.
Picture a rice field 田 on top of the earth 土: together they form a village where people live and work the land.
For リ, imagine a village where everyone reeds rice fields together: reed -> リ, and the village thrives on the harvest.
Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
foster parent; foster parents
1000 ri; (a) long distance
thousands of miles
foster child
undeveloped woodland near populated area
mountain hamlet; mountain village
village; human habitation; human settlement
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay)
nautical mile
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
clairvoyance; second sight
hometown; birthplace
one's parents' home
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village
milestone (1 ri apart)
potassium
Kitasato University
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered
villager; village folk; countryfolk