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理

logic
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingリ
Kun readingことわり
JōyōGrade 2
  1. reason
  2. principle
  3. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
  4. the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

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

Radical玉jadeComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · computer

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

Compound words

料理りょうり
cooking; cookery; cuisine; food; dish
地理ちり
geography
無理むり
unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; impossible; forcible
理由りゆう
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
管理かんり
control; management (e.g. of a business)
修理しゅうり
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
処理しょり
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
心理しんり
state of mind; mentality; psychology
整理せいり
sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment
原理げんり
principle; theory; fundamental truth
合理ごうり
rationality
総理大臣そうりだいじん
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
義理ぎり
duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency
監理かんり
superintendence; supervision; administration
経理けいり
accounting; administration (of money)
受理じゅり
acceptance
条理じょうり
reason
審理しんり
trial
真理しんり
truth
推理すいり
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
生理せいり
physiology; menstruation; one's period
摂理せつり
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
総理そうり
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
代理だいり
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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