KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小211 strokesRadical 玉#86 in newspapers
理 · logic, arrangement
理 is a kanji meaning logic, arrangement, reason, justice. It has 11 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- リri
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- ことわりkotowari
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 理 · 26 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 料理りょうり | りょうり | cooking; cuisine | N5 |
| 地理ちり | ちり | geography | N4 |
| 無理むり | むり | unreasonable, impossible | N4 |
| 理由りゆう | りゆう | reason | N4 |
| 修理しゅうり | しゅうり | repairing, mending | N3 |
| 処理しょり | しょり | processing, treatment, disposition | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 心理しんり | しんり | mentality | N3 |
| 整理せいり | せいり | sorting, arrangement | N3 |
| 管理かんり | かんり | control, management (e.g., of a business) | N3 |
| 理解りかい | りかい | understanding, comprehension | N3 |
| 理想りそう | りそう | ideal | N3 |
| 代理だいり | だいり | representation, proxy, deputy | N3 |
| 物理ぶつり | ぶつり | physics | N3 |
| 真理しんり | しんり | truth | N3 |
| 生理せいり | せいり | physiology, menses | N3 |
| 原理げんり | げんり | principle, theory, fundamental truth | N2 |
| 合理ごうり | ごうり | rational | N2 |
| 総理大臣そうりだいじん | そうりだいじん | Prime Minister | N2 |
| 理科りか | りか | science | N2 |
| 義理ぎり | ぎり | debt of gratitude, obligation | N1 |
| 推理すいり | すいり | reasoning, inference, mystery or detective genre | N1 |
| 調理ちょうり | ちょうり | cooking | N1 |
| 論理ろんり | ろんり | logic | N1 |
| 理屈りくつ | りくつ | theory, reason | N1 |
| 理性りせい | りせい | reason, sense | N1 |
| 理論りろん | りろん | theory | N1 |
Example sentence
料理が上手ですね。
りょうりがじょうずですね
You are a good cook.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #77951 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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