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Grade Level: 2
JLPT Level: 3

Frequency: 86

Bushu (Radical) Info:
王 (オウ, -ノウ, おお, おおきみ, わ)
king; rule; magnate
玉 (ギョク, たま, たま-, -だま, おう, だん)
jewel; ball

Henshall Mnemonic:
keeping jewels in village is reasonable
Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 11 Strokes



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On-Yomi Reading(s):

Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
ことわり
あや
おさむ
さと
さとる
ただ
ただし
とおる

のり

まこと
まさ
まさし
まろ
みち
よし
English Meaning(s):
logic
arrangement
reason
justice
truth

Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view it in a new window. Click the [K] after each definition to look up that character at WWWJDIC; Click the [D] to look up that word in WWWJDIC (the definition is the same but other features exist, like sample usage, variations of the word, etc.)
  •   [おせちりょうり]
    food served during the New Year's Holidays [K] [D]
  •   [かんり]
    (n) superintendence; supervision [K] [D]
  •   [かんり]
    (n,vs) control; management (e.g. of a business) [K] [D]
  •   [かんりしょく]
    (n) management [K] [D]
  •   [ぎり]
    (n,adj-no) duty; sense of duty; honor; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation [K] [D]
  •   [けいり]
    (n) management; accounting [K] [D]
  •   [げんり]
    (n) principle; theory; fundamental truth [K] [D]
  •   [ごうり]
    (n) rational [K] [D]
  •   [ごうりか]
    (n,vs) rationalization; rationalize [K] [D]
  •   [ごうりてき]
    (adj-na) rational; reasonable; logical [K] [D]
  •   [こくどちりいん]
    Geographical Survey Institute [K] [D]
  •   [じゅり]
    (n,vs) acceptance [K] [D]
  •   [しゅうり]
    (n,vs) repairing; mending [K] [D]
  •   [しょり]
    (n,vs) processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal [K] [D]
  •   [じょうほうしょり]
    (n) data processing [K] [D]
  •   [じょうり]
    (n) reason [K] [D]
  •   [しんり]
    (n) trial [K] [D]
  •   [しんり]
    (n) mentality [K] [D]
  •   [しんりがく]
    (n) psychology [K] [D]
  •   [しんり]
    (n) truth [K] [D]
  •   [すいり]
    (n) reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.) [K] [D]
  •   [すいりしょうせつ]
    mystery or detective novel [K] [D]
  •   [せいり]
    (n,vs) sorting; arrangement; adjustment; regulation [K] [D]
  •   [せいり]
    (n) physiology; menses [K] [D]
  •   [せいりがく]
    (n) physiology [K] [D]
  •   [ぜいりし]
    (n) tax counsellor [K] [D]
  •   [せつり]
    (n) (divine) Providence [K] [D]
  •   [そうり]
    (n,vs) prime minister; leader; overseer (of national affairs); president [K] [D]
  •   [そうりだいじん]
    Prime Minister [K] [D]
  •   [そうりふ]
    (n) Prime Minister's office [K] [D]
  •   [だいり]
    (n) representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) [K] [D]
  •   [だいりてん]
    (n) agent; agency [K] [D]
  •   [だいりせき]
    (n) marble [K] [D]
  •   [ちり]
    (n) geography [K] [D]
  • 調   [ちょうり]
    (n,vs) cooking [K] [D]
  •   [てんり]
    (n) natural laws; rule of heaven [K] [D]
  •   [どうり]
    (n) reason; truth [K] [D]
  •   [にゅうこくかんりきょく]
    immigration office [K] [D]
  •   [びょうり]
    (n) pathology [K] [D]
  •   [ふごうり]
    (adj-na,n) unreasonable; irrational; absurd; inconsistent [K] [D]
  •   [ふじょうり]
    (adj-na,n) absurdity; irrationality; inconsistency [K] [D]
  •   [ぶつり]
    (n) physics [K] [D]
  •   [ぶつりがく]
    (n) physics [K] [D]
  •   [むり]
    (adj-na,n,vs) unreasonable; impossible; overdoing [K] [D]
  • やり   [むりやり]
    (adv,n) forcibly; against one's will [K] [D]
  •   [り]
    (n) reason [K] [D]
  •   [りか]
    (n) science [K] [D]
  •   [りかい]
    (n,vs) understanding; comprehension [K] [D]
  •   [りがく]
    (n) physical science [K] [D]
  •   [りがくぶ]
    (n) department of science [K] [D]
  •   [りくつ]
    (n) theory; reason [K] [D]
  •   [りけい]
    (n) science [K] [D]
  •   [りこう]
    (n) science and technology [K] [D]
  •   [りこうがくぶ]
    (n) department of science and engineering [K] [D]
  •   [りじ]
    (n) director; board of directors [K] [D]
  •   [りせい]
    (n) reason; sense [K] [D]
  •   [りそう]
    (n) ideal [K] [D]
  •   [りそうてき]
    (adj-na) ideal [K] [D]
  •   [りねん]
    (n) idea [K] [D]
  •   [りはつ]
    (n) haircut [K] [D]
  •   [りふじん]
    (adj-na,n) unreasonable; irrational [K] [D]
  •   [りゆう]
    (n) reason; pretext; motive [K] [D]
  •   [りろん]
    (n) theory [K] [D]
  •   [りょうり]
    (n,vs) cooking; cookery; cuisine [K] [D]
  •   [りょうりや]
    (n) restaurant [K] [D]
  •   [りんり]
    (n) ethics; morals [K] [D]
  •   [りんりがく]
    (n) ethics; moral philosophy [K] [D]
  •   [りんりてき]
    (adj-na) ethical [K] [D]
  •   [ろんり]
    (n) logic [K] [D]
  •   [ろんりてき]
    (adj-na) logical [K] [D]
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The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/edict_doc.html#IREF05