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logic
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On reading
Kun readingことわり

Meanings

  1. logicRtK
  2. arrangement
  3. justice
  4. reason
    としてはThe main reasons are:wiki
    対立Reasons for Opposing his Fatherwiki
  5. truth
  1. principle
  2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
  3. the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

Synonyms

Popular Usage

料理地理無理理由管理修理処理心理整理原理合理総理大臣

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

king () · jewel () · ball () · computer

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 283

Compound words

学を勉強すればするほど面白いと思えてきたんだ。しんりがく
The more I studied psychology, the more interesting it seemed to me.tatoeba
彼の言葉はにかなっているようだ。
His words sound reasonable.tatoeba
盗人にも三分の
Give the devil his due.tatoeba
彼は物学者だ。
He is a physicist.tatoeba
彼は物学を専攻している。
He is doing physics.tatoeba
彼は物学の著書を出版した。
He had a book on physics published.tatoeba
彼は物学の実験をしようとしていた。
He was trying to make an experiment in physics.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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