Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Character: lì Kangxi strokes: 9 Page number: Page 104, Number 24 The Dictionary of Characters (Zihui) records the fanqie pronunciation as a combination of the initial of lì and the final of zhì, sounding like lì. In contemporary dialects, being clever and skillful is referred to as línglì. Investigation reveals that the character lì is not recorded in any other classical texts.