漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
理: logic, arrangement
Also: reason, justice, truth
JLPT N411 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
王 carries the meaning · 里 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
リri · on'yomi · in compounds
- 料理するりょうりするcook
- 理解するりかいするunderstand
- 修理するしゅうりするrepair, fix
- 整理するせいりするsort, arrange, order
- 理想りそうideal
- 理由りゆうreason
- 心理学しんりがくpsychology
- 真理しんりtruth
- 論理ろんりlogic
- 無理なむりなimpossible
- 合理的なごうりてきなrational
Also read ことわり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)玉 jade (meaning) + 里 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 理 (rev. 93809368), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Jewel (王) + Village/order (里). To follow the natural "veins" and "order" inside a rough "jewel" to reveal its true shape—the essence of logic and reason.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
理 takes the 里 family's reading, リ (ri).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lǐ
Same form: 理 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 理 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 理 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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