単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#3,623 most used

理

り1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

reason; principle

ITS KANJI

理reasonread り here39 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

What Tom said made sense.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

I think it makes sense.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

MEANINGS

1

reason; principle; logic

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)

noun

3

the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

noun

SOUNDS THE SAME

利advantage; benefit; profitり · not in tangoya
吏government officialり · not in tangoya
里japanese leagueり · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#3,623 most used

Written理 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium