里 (lǐ) is Kangxi radical no. 166, “village”. In this form it is written with 7 strokes.
As a radical, 里 (lǐ) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “village” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 7 to 12 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 2 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 里 (lǐ) inside / in, 重 (zhòng) heavy / important / serious.
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