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
リ
Kun readings
ことわり
Words with 理
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —節理joint; reason; sense; logic
- —片理schistosity
- —理会becoming aware; understanding; comprehension
- —理觀contemplation of principle
- —理義reason and justice
- —石理texture (of a rock); structure
- —通理generally understood logic; clear logic; rationality; making sense
- —理気li and qi; li and chi; the underlying principles and the material phenomena of the cosmos (in Song-period neo-Confucianism)
- —統理administration (of affairs, etc.); presiding over; control; management
- —理致reason; logic
- —円理enri (calculus-like system developed during the Edo period)
- —層理bedding; stratification
- —術理principles of a martial art; underlying theory of a martial arts technique
- —理研Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (abbr)
- —管理局administration bureau
- —計理士public accountant
- —合理性rationality; reasonableness
- —再処理reprocessing
- —手料理home cooking
- —修理屋repair workshop; garage; repairman