Kanji1 / 11
理 kanji
logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
ことわり
Words with 理
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1生理Popularphysiology; menstruation; one's period
- N1調理Popularcooking; food preparation
- N1理性Popularreason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
- N1理論Populartheory
- N1論理Popularlogic
- N1理屈Populartheory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext
- —理Popularreason; principle; logic; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
- —監理Popularsuperintendence; supervision; administration
- —経理Popularaccounting; administration (of money)
- —受理Popularacceptance
- —条理Popularreason
- —審理Populartrial
- —摂理Popularlaws (of nature); (divine) providence
- —総理Popularprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader; overseer; president
- —天理Popularnatural laws; rule of heaven
- —道理Popularreason; logic; sense; truth; right
- —理学Popular(physical) science; natural science; physics; philosophy; neo-Confucianism
- —理系Popularthe sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
- —理工Popularscience and engineering
- —理事Populardirector; trustee