Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). li. Kangxi stroke count: 9. Page 105, Number 14. Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced with the initial of liáng and the final of shì. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Meeting of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced with the initial of liǎng and the final of ěr. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced with the initial of liáng and the final of yǐ. The sound is the same as lǐ. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): The word means to rely on or depend on. Book of Han (Qian Han), appraisal in the Biography of Ji Bu: His plans reached the extreme of having nothing to rely on. The commentary by Jin Zhuo says: The plans had nothing to depend upon. Also means vulgar or rustic. Book of Han, appraisal in the Biography of Sima Qian: Simple and substantive without being vulgar. Sima Zhen said: lǐ is the same as vulgar. Also, the songs of rustic people are called lǐ. Treatise on Curiosities (Bowuzhi): The non-Han people of Jiaozhou are named Lizi. Also used interchangeably with the character lǐ. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: How can it be loved? The commentary says: It means to love. It is the same as the word lǐ.