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理

Kanji meanings and readings

理

N4

logic; arrangement; reason; justice; truth

On reading
リ
Kun reading
ことわり
Radical
玉
Illustration of 代理
N3

だいり

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent

Illustration of 修理
N3

しゅうり

repairing; mending

Illustration of 処理
N3

しょり

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

Illustration of 原理
N2

げんり

principle; theory; fundamental truth

Illustration of 合理
N2

ごうり

rational

Illustration of 地理
N4

ちり

geography

Illustration of 心理
N3

しんり

mentality

Illustration of 推理
N1

すいり

reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)

Illustration of 整理
N3

せいり

sorting; arrangement; adjustment; regulation

Illustration of 料理
N5

りょうり

cuisine

Illustration of 無理
N4

むり

impossible

Illustration of 物理
N3

ぶつり

physics

Illustration of 理屈
N1

りくつ

theory; reason

Illustration of 理性
N1

りせい

reason; sense

Illustration of 理想
N3

りそう

ideal

Illustration of 理由
N4

りゆう

reason

Illustration of 理科
N2

りか

science

Illustration of 理解
N3

りかい

understanding; comprehension

Illustration of 理論
N1

りろん

theory

Illustration of 生理
N1

せいり

physiology; menses

Illustration of 真理
N1

しんり

truth

Illustration of 管理
N3

かんり

control; management (e.g. of a business)

Illustration of 総理大臣
N2

そうりだいじん

Prime Minister

Illustration of 義理
N1

ぎり

duty; sense of duty; honor; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation

Illustration of 調理
N1

ちょうり

cooking