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)

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Words containing 理

Word Meaning
theorist; theoretician
extremely cruel; do great evil
axiom (in logic); axiomatic
to argue strongly for what is right
toxicology
director general
pharmacology
pharmacology
reverse psychology
reasonable; justified; right
mechanism
should; ought
to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out
normally; according to reason
understanding; ability to grasp ideas
completely unreasonable
unhurried; leisurely; composed
(United Nations) Security Council
nuclear physics
utopia; ideal state; Plato's "The Republic" (c. 380 BC)
to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to prepare food
Pythagorean theorem
sensible; reasonable; to understand the reason or reasoning
science and engineering as academic subjects
to reason; to argue logically