Li
Li
- A common transliteration of a few Chinese family names: See below.
- The symbol for the chemical element lithium.
- A Chinese unit of distance, 里(Li3), about 500 meters, 1/3 mile: in ancient times a li was 360 paces, or about 576 meters (古代以三百六十步為一里).
- An ethnic group 黎(Li2): see Li Chinese.
- The ritual 禮, the major principle of Confucianism.
Chinese family name
Li is a common
transliteration of a few Chinese family names. The family names are unrelated to the
Li Chinese minority group. Li can be the transliteration of 李 (
pinyin Li3), the most common Chinese family name and often spelt as
Lee, and other less common family names such as 黎 (Li2); 理 and 里 (Li3); 酈, 栗, 厲, 力, and 利 (Li4).
Prominent people with family name 李
- The Li royals of the Tang Dynasty
- Li Ao, Taiwanese writer
- Li Er, philosopher during Zhou Dynasty
- Li Guofan, politician
- Li Hongzhang, (1823-1901), politician
- Li Hou Zhu, (931-978), poet
- Li Ka Shing, businessman
- Li Lu, businessman, former student protestor
- Li Lian-jie, known as Jet Li, (born 1963), Chinese martial arts fighter, actor
- Li Peng, politician
- Li Changchun, politician
- Li Po, poet
- Li Qingzhao, poet
- Li Shanyin, poet
- Li Yu, poet
- Bruce Lee, actor
- Lee Teng-hui, politician
- Li Ruihuan, politician
- Tsung-dao Lee, physicist
- Wen Ho Lee, physicist
- Yuan T. Lee, chemist
- Li Zicheng, Ming rebel
Prominent people with family name 黎
Prominent people with family name 理
Prominent people with family name 里
Prominent people with family name 酈
Prominent people with family name 栗
Prominent people with family name 厲
Prominent people with family name 力
Prominent people with family name 利
Korean family name
Li is also a transliteration for several Korean family names.
