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
to settle a claim; claims settlement; payment of claims
the natural order of things; Heaven's law
pathology
only to be expected; logical
to straighten out; to sort out; to organize
physiology
philosophy; philosophic theory
it is reasonable to say that...
manager; administrator; supervisor
reasonableness; rationality; rationale
reason; logic
member of council
to idealize
grain (in wood etc); vein lines (in marble or fingerprint)
microprocessor
to rationalize; rationalization; to streamline
science; School of Principle
to take care of oneself; to provide for oneself
ethics
fig. conjugal union; two trees that grow together as one
geography
words of wisdom; wise saying
to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry
fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
according to reason; in the normal course of events