Li

The symbol for the element lithium.

Chinese family of painters. They were descended on the paternal side from Gaozu (reg 618-26), the first emperor of the Tang dynasty. (1) Li Sixun and his son, (2) Li Zhaodao, are acknowledged as the foremost exponents of the Tang-period (AD 618-907) Blue-and-green (qingl?) manner of landscape painting, sometimes called the Gold-and-green ( jinbi) style because of the gold highlights used together with azurite blue and malachite green; traditional Chinese texts further credit them with the invention of the technique (see also CHINA,

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Chemical symbol, lithium.

Li is a common transliteration of several Chinese family names, including that of 李 (pinyin: Lǐ), the most common Chinese family name. Alternate Romanizations include Lai (Cantonese for the surname 黎), Lý (Vietnam), Lee (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea), Lei (Macau), Lie (Indonesia), and Lê (Vietnam). Taken collectively, these surnames make Li the most common surname in the world, far outstripping the most common Western surname, Smith.

Surnames transliterated as Li:

• 黎 (pinyin: Lí)
• 李, 理 and 里 (pinyin: Lǐ)
• 郦, 酈, 栗, 厉, 厲, and 利 (pinyin: Lì)

See also

• Lee (Korean name)
• Li (李)

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