The kanji 理: meaning, readings and stroke order

理

Meaning: reason, logic
On reading: リ ri
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 玉 jade, king
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lý lẽ, lý do (lý)
Japanese: すじみち。わけ。
Korean: 이치, 까닭 (리·이)
Chinese: 道理、理由

Readings, words and example sentences

リ ri · on reading

理り科か
science (school subject)
理り科かの時間に星をしらべます。
In science class we learn about the stars.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.