Li is the symbol for the chemical element lithium.
Lee or Li is a transliteration for several Korean family names. Also see Lee, korean family names
As a transliteration for Chinese language, it includes the following:
- Family names: Li or Lee is a common transliteration of a few Chinese family names. As a Latin transliteration of Chinese family names are unrelated to the Li minority group, it can be the transliteration of 李 (pinyin Lǐ), the most common Chinese family name and often spelt as Lee, and other less common family names such as 黎 (Lí); 理 and 里 (Lǐ); 郦 (酈), 栗, 厉 (厲), 力and 利 (Lì).
- An ethnic group (黎族,lí zú): see Li Chinese.
- An abbreviation of names of rivers in China, e.g., Lishui River (澧水, Lǐ shǔi) and Lijiang River (漓江, Lí Jiāng) are sometimes abbreviated to Li.
- A Chinese unit of distance, 里(Li3), a li is equal to 500 meters, or about 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).
- The ritual (禮,Lǐ), the major principle of Confucianism.
Prominent people with family name 李
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