CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- li3
- English meanings
- texture, grain (in wood/etc.), reason, logic, truth, natural science (esp. physics), law, principle, doctrine, theory
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 王; right 里.
Meaning & sound clues
王 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “king”.
里 is identified as the sound component (lǐ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 理.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
beautiful; pretty
example; case
clever
profit
power
encourage
experience; calendar
strict; severe
hundredth; centimeter
official; clerk
plum; surname
pear
drip; Li River
raccoon dog; fox
used in 玻璃/琉璃
whetstone; sharpen; temper
gift
distant/apart from
erect
grain
inside
slave; clerical script
multitude; dark; Li
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 不理
- 代理
- 代理人
- 伦理
- 修理
- 办理
- 助理
- 原理
- 受理
- 合情合理
- 合理
- 地理
- 处理
- 岂有此理
- 常理
- 心安理得
- 心理
- 总理
- 总经理
- 护理
- 按理说
- 推理
- 整理
- 料理
- 无理
- 梳理
- 治理
- 清理
- 爱理不理
- 理事
- 理会
- 理发
- 理念
- 理性
- 理想
- 理所当然
- 理智
- 理由
- 理直气壮
- 理睬
- 理科
- 理解
- 理论
- 理财
- 生理
- 真理
- 管理
- 管理费
- 经理
- 自理
- 道理
- 顺理成章