理 — ri

Parts that make up 理

How 理 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 理 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 玉, 里.

Korean example words with 理

• 묘리妙理 Korean gloss: 묘한 이치
• 사리事理 Korean gloss: 일의 이치
• 요리要理 Korean gloss: 중요한 교리
• 원리原理 Korean gloss: 행위의 규범
• 이비理非 Korean gloss: 옳음과 그름
• 정리正理 Korean gloss: 올바른 도리
• 이유理由 Korean gloss: 구실이나 변명
• 감리監理 Korean gloss: 감독하고 관리함
• 검리劍理 Korean gloss: 검술의 이치나 도리
• 순리純理 Korean gloss: 학문의 순수한 이치
• 수리數理 Korean gloss: 수학의 이론이나 이치
• 패리悖理 Korean gloss: 도리나 이치에 어그러짐

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 理

• 管理かんり control; management (e.g. of a business)
• 理事りじ director; trustee
• 理由りゆう reason; grounds; pretext
• 処理しょり processing; dealing with; treatment
• 総理そうり prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading
• 理解りかい understanding; comprehension; appreciation
• 料理りょうり cooking; cookery; cuisine
• 理り reason; principle; logic
• 代理だいり representation; agency; proxy
• 理念りねん (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea
• 倫理りんり ethics; morals
• 原理げんり principle; theory; fundamental truth

Characters sharing the phonetic 里

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “리” in Korean.

Other hanja read “리”

Other hanja with radical 玉