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Mythic Mandarin

合理 (hé lǐ): meaning and stroke order

合理 (hé lǐ) means rational; reasonable; sensible; fair.

合理

Simplified
合理
Traditional
合理 (same form)
Pinyin
hé lǐ

Stroke order of 合理

合

  • gě 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck
  • hé to close; to join
  • hé variant of 合[he2]
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 閤

Stroke by stroke

理

  • lǐ texture; grain (of wood)
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 合理

  1. hé lǐ
    • rational; reasonable; sensible; fair

Radicals of the characters

合
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · 𠆢 on top, 𠮛 below
理
Radical 玉 (Kangxi radical 96) · 11 strokes · 𤣩 on the left, 里 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

合理 in our stories

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  • 邱大姐这才开口：“按照法律，邻居之间应该本着方便生活、团结互助、公平合理的原则来解决问题。树是郝大爷的，可伸过墙的树枝给贝女士带来了实际的损失，这也是事实。”

    Qiū dàjiě zhè cái kāikǒu ànzhào fǎlǜ línjū zhījiān yīnggāi běnzhe fāngbiàn shēnghuó tuánjié hùzhù gōngpíng hélǐ de yuánzé lái jiějué wèntí shù shì Hǎo dàye de kě shēn guò qiáng de shùzhī gěi Bèi nǚshì dàilái le shíjì de sǔnshī zhè yě shì shìshí

    Only then did Sister Qiu speak: "Under the law, neighbours should settle problems in a spirit of convenience, solidarity and mutual help, fairness and reason. The tree is Mr Hao's, but the branches over the wall have caused Ms Bei real losses; that's a fact too."

    From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 合理

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).