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Kanji Information Sheet for 理 ( PDF version )
English: logic arrangement reason justice truth | On-Yomi: リ | Kun-Yomi: ことわり あや おさむ さと さとる ただ ただし とおる に のり ひ まこと まさ まさし まろ みち よし |
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
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
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #86 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #86 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
- 無理 [むり]
(adj-na,n,vs) unreasonable; impossible; overdoing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理由 [りゆう]
(n) reason; pretext; motive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地理 [ちり]
(n) geography [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 理解 [りかい]
(n,vs) understanding; comprehension [K] [D] [Jisho] - 処理 [しょり]
(n,vs) processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理想 [りそう]
(n) ideal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 管理 [かんり]
(n,vs) control; management (e.g. of a business) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 心理 [しんり]
(n) mentality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 代理 [だいり]
(n) representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 整理 [せいり]
(n,vs) sorting; arrangement; adjustment; regulation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 物理 [ぶつり]
(n) physics [K] [D] [Jisho] - 修理 [しゅうり]
(n,vs) repairing; mending [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 理科 [りか]
(n) science [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総理大臣 [そうりだいじん]
Prime Minister [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原理 [げんり]
(n) principle; theory; fundamental truth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 合理 [ごうり]
(n) rational [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 理屈 [りくつ]
(n) theory; reason [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真理 [しんり]
(n) truth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理性 [りせい]
(n) reason; sense [K] [D] [Jisho] - 論理 [ろんり]
(n) logic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理論 [りろん]
(n) theory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生理 [せいり]
(n) physiology; menses [K] [D] [Jisho] - 推理 [すいり]
(n) reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調理 [ちょうり]
(n,vs) cooking [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 無理やり [むりやり]
(adv,n) forcibly; against one's will [K] [D] [Jisho] - 監理 [かんり]
(n) superintendence; supervision [K] [D] [Jisho] - 条理 [じょうり]
(n) reason [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理 [り]
(n) reason [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税理士 [ぜいりし]
(n) tax counsellor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理学 [りがく]
(n) physical science [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大理石 [だいりせき]
(n) marble [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理学部 [りがくぶ]
(n) department of science [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理系 [りけい]
(n) science [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理工 [りこう]
(n) science and technology [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天理 [てんり]
(n) natural laws; rule of heaven [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理工学部 [りこうがくぶ]
(n) department of science and engineering [K] [D] [Jisho] - 摂理 [せつり]
(n) (divine) Providence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 病理 [びょうり]
(n) pathology [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理事 [りじ]
(n) director; board of directors [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国土地理院 [こくどちりいん]
Geographical Survey Institute [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理想的 [りそうてき]
(adj-na) ideal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総理 [そうり]
(n,vs) prime minister; leader; overseer (of national affairs); president [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理念 [りねん]
(n) idea [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総理府 [そうりふ]
(n) Prime Minister's office [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理髪 [りはつ]
(n) haircut [K] [D] [Jisho] - 論理的 [ろんりてき]
(adj-na) logical [K] [D] [Jisho] - 理不尽 [りふじん]
(adj-na,n) unreasonable; irrational [K] [D] [Jisho] - 受理 [じゅり]
(n,vs) acceptance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 心理学 [しんりがく]
(n) psychology [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
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 the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.