理 (lǐ) · science

理 (lǐ) means “science”. It is made of 王 + 里 and has 11 strokes.

Break 理 into its parts

What 理 is made of

• 王 wáng — king
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 土 tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 里 lǐ — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
  • 田 tián — field
  • 土 tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: 王 gives the meaning, 里 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

理 stroke order

Example sentences with 道理

Words with 理

• 道理dàolireason
• 经理jīnglǐmanager
• 理想lǐxiǎngideal
• 办理bànlǐto handle
• 处理chǔlǐto handle
• 管理guǎnlǐto manage
• 合理hélǐreasonable
• 理发lǐfàto get a haircut
• 理解lǐjiěto understand
• 理论lǐlùntheory
• 理由lǐyóureason
• 整理zhěnglǐto tidy up
• 心理xīnlǐpsychology
• 修理xiūlǐto repair
• 总理zǒnglǐpremier
• 地理dìlǐgeography
• 物理wùlǐphysics
• 代理dàilǐto act on behalf of
• 理睬lǐcǎito pay attention to
• 理所当然lǐsuǒdāngránnatural
• 理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàngconfident in being right
• 理智lǐzhìreason
• 岂有此理qǐyǒucǐlǐoutrageous
• 清理qīnglǐto clear up
• 情理qínglǐreason
• 审理shěnlǐto hear a case
• 生理shēnglǐphysiology
• 条理tiáolǐorder
• 推理tuīlǐreasoning
• 无理取闹wúlǐqǔnàoto make trouble for no reason
• 原理yuánlǐprinciple
• 真理zhēnlǐtruth
• 治理zhìlǐto manage
• 助理zhùlǐassistant

Also built with 王

• 丢diūto lose
• 主zhǔto own
• 呈chéngto petition
• 斑bānspot
• 旺wàngto flourish
• 望wàngto expect
• 枉wǎnguseless
• 狂kuánginsane
• 玉yùjade
• 玩wánto play
• 环huánring
• 现xiànto appear

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Questions about 理