Kilo Lingo

理

lǐ

Traditional: 理

#5037 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

reason, principle; to manage, to deal with

Stroke order

Stroke order for 理

理

Examples

？

What's your reason?

。

I can understand your thinking.

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I'll handle this matter.

。

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).

Related words

查理

Charlie (name)

处理

to handle, to deal with, to process

理解

to understand, to comprehend; understanding

理由

reason, grounds, cause

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 理.

处理chǔ lǐto handle, to deal with, to process理解lǐ jiěto understand, to comprehend; understanding理由lǐ yóureason, grounds, cause查理chá lǐCharlie (name)

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