reason; to manage; to handle

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 89th character
Radical ⽟ (96.7)
Strokes 11
Index # 2157

Definitions

理 lǐ
  1. 1. reason
  2. 2. to manage
  3. 3. to handle
  4. 4. to put in order
  5. 5. to tidy up
  6. 6. to pay attention to
  7. 7. to run (affairs)
  8. 8. logic
  9. 9. truth
  10. 10. science
  11. 11. texture
  12. 12. grain (of wood)
  13. 13. intrinsic order
  14. 14. inner essence
  15. 15. natural science (esp. physics)

Stroke order

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Words containing 理

Word Meaning
marble
to ignore; to pay no heed to (idiom); to brush aside
physiotherapy
variant of dā li
reasonable and fair (idiom)
council
Richard (name)
to pay no attention to; to ignore; to take no notice of
physics
ethics
general manager; CEO
processor
financial management; finance
fig. to sort out; to comb
to handle (a service); to accept to hear a case
fair and reasonable (idiom); sensible; standing to reason
to be reasonable; to talk sense; to reason with sb
agent
repair shop
reasonable; sensible
the sciences (as opposed to the humanities wén kē)
to have a clear conscience; to have no qualms about sth
pathology
major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof)
theorem (math.); established theory