He was also portrayed as somewhat of a loner, given that he had been taught to be independent and self-reliant since childhood. His initial attitude towards her was cold, critical, and socially awkward, to the extent of never even addressing her by her first name until the third season, and often criticized her bluntly for her flaws and clumsiness.
He first appears as Sakura's rival in the story, capturing a few cards for himself in the anime. He enjoys reading books that Clow Reed had written, and hates Japanese grammar. Unlike Sakura, who enjoys sports, skating and playing video games, Syaoran is more serious, especially in studying magic. As the heir of the famous Li clan of sorcerers from Hong Kong, of which Clow Reed's mother herself was also a member, Syaoran had firmly believed that he should be the one to capture and inherit the Clow Cards, not Sakura Kinomoto. Syaoran Li is initially a cold and cynical ten-year-old boy. It is also said that he looked like his father, when he was young, but there are no pictures of him in his house to actually compare.
His winter school uniform is a black long-sleeved shirt with red and white sleeve cuffs, a white neckerchief with a red stripe, black pants, white socks and black shoes. His summer uniform is a white, T-shirt with short sleeves along with a red neckerchief with a black stripe and a black pants, along with a white sailor-like hat with a black tassels.
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He appears to have grown in Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card and, later, the Clear Card series. He is short in height compared to his male classmates, such as Yamazaki, but is overall taller than Sakura and Tomoyo. Syaoran has short chestnut hair and large amber eyes. Syaoran's name has different pronunciations and translations according to the different countries, such as Syaoran, Xiaolang, Shaoran and Showron. His last name is very common in China and that means " plum". The name Syaoran is of Chinese origin, and both in this language and in Japanese, it means "little wolf".