里
Meaning
- lining
- interior
- inside
Example sentence
鱼在海里。
The fish are in the sea.
The character 里
里 is the inside, and it follows its noun rather than standing in front: 房间里, 家里, 这里, 那里, 哪里. The Chinese mile in 公里 is a different character that simplification merged into this one — 裏 was the inside, 里 the distance.