Character Familiesleft / right

利lì

benefit; advantage; smooth; favorable; successful; sharp (of a blade); profit; interest

利 joins grain with a blade: benefits (有利, 便利), smooth going (顺利), and interest (利息).

GF0025–2021 character list · 二级

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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE

left / right

ZDIC: 会意，从刂、从禾 — a blade beside standing grain.

left / right · 利

WHOLE CHARACTER

benefit; advantage; smooth; favorable; successful; sharp (of a blade); profit; interest

利 joins grain with a blade: benefits (有利, 便利), smooth going (顺利), and interest (利息).

ZDIC: 会意，从刂、从禾 — a blade beside standing grain.

LEFT: THE STANDING-GRAIN PIECE, NAMED BY ZDIC

standing grain

Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.

In 利: left: the standing-grain piece, named by ZDIC Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

RIGHT: THE KNIFE SIDE, NAMED BY ZDIC

the vertical knife radical (from 刀)

A bound radical form on the right of many characters; not a standalone word.

In 利: right: the knife side, named by ZDIC Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

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ZDIC: 会意，从刂、从禾 — a blade beside standing grain.

别 bié, biè — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 利.

到 dào — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 利.

和 hé, hè, huó, huò, hú — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 利.

称 chēng, chèn, chèng — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 利.

Sources & verification

ZDIC single character entry — matched zdic; fields: pinyin, primary_definition, structure_strokes. Body SHA256: 97c3339d1457a1bc287cac05e7f9b7ba08f01c0f4950721b1af4925fefe91828. Captured 2026-11-01T01:49:26.838Z.
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