(lǐ) - reason, principle; to manage, to deal with in Mandarin
lǐTraditional: 理
Translation
reason, principle; to manage, to deal with
Word origin
A phono-semantic character combining the jade radical 王 (yù) for meaning with 里 (lǐ) as the phonetic; it first meant the grain or pattern in jade, hence reason, principle, and to put in order.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 王 (jade radical) + 里 (lǐ, phonetic)
Stroke order
理
Examples
？
What's your reason?
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I can understand your thinking.
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I'll handle this matter.
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What he says makes good sense.
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Don't pay any attention to that person.
理 (lǐ) means reason or principle, and as a verb to manage or deal with. It anchors 理解 (to comprehend), 理由 (reason, grounds), and 处理 (to handle, to process).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 理.
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