李 = 木 + 子

李 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “plum”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 子 (offspring).

Keyword: plum
Pinyin (Mandarin): lǐ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: слив
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 李 damson

Decomposition

ids

木 tree
子 offspring

How to find 李 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “offspring”. 李 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 李 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.