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
network administrator
network management system; NMS
network management system; NMS
premier; prime minister
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
headquarters; main administrative office
headquarters; main administrative office
general manager; CEO
Rolle's theorem (in calculus)
Rolle's theorem (in calculus)
argumentation (in a speech or essay)
argumentation (in a speech or essay)
Herbert Giles, British China scholar
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council
online analysis processing OLAP
online analysis processing OLAP
listening comprehension
listening comprehension
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
natural language processing, NLP
natural language processing, NLP
to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)