理 (lǐ): meaning and stroke order
理 (lǐ) means texture, grain (of wood), inner essence, intrinsic order, reason, logic, truth, science.
理
- Simplified
- 理
- Traditional
- 理 (same form)
- Pinyin
- lǐ
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Stroke order of 理
理
- lǐ texture; grain (of wood)
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 理
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lǐ
- texture
- grain (of wood)
- inner essence
- intrinsic order
- reason
- logic
- truth
- science
- natural science (esp. physics)
- to manage
- to pay attention to
- to run (affairs)
- to handle
- to put in order
- to tidy up
Radical and structure
- 理
- Radical 玉 (Kangxi radical 96) · 11 strokes · 𤣩 on the left, 里 on the right
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Words with 理
- 大理 dà lǐ judicial officer; justice of the peace (old)
- 道理 dào li reason; argument
- 合理 hé lǐ rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
- 经理 jīng lǐ manager; director
- 清理 qīng lǐ to clear up; to tidy up
- 理解 lǐ jiě to comprehend; to understand
- 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix
- 理由 lǐ yóu reason; grounds
- 审理 shěn lǐ to hear (a case)
- 按理说 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that...
- 理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal; a dream
- 护理 hù lǐ to nurse; to tend and protect
理 in our stories
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“这是我三十岁那年，我父亲摔的。那天我们大吵了一架，他气得把碗往地上一扔，之后半年，我们谁也没理谁。”
zhè shì wǒ sānshí suì nà nián wǒ fùqīn shuāi de nà tiān wǒmen dà chǎo le yí jià tā qì de bǎ wǎn wǎng dì shàng yì rēng zhīhòu bànnián wǒmen shéi yě méi lǐ shéi
"My father smashed this the year I turned thirty. We had a huge row that day; he was so angry he threw the bowl on the floor, and for six months afterwards neither of us spoke to the other."
From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 理
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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).