JLPT N48画 · 8 strokesradical 理
reason, logic, principle
On'yomi (音読み)
- リ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ことわり
- おさむ
Meanings across languages
- English
- reason, logic, principle
- Tiếng Việt
- lý do, chân lý, nguyên tắc
- 日本語
- 理由, 理論, 原理
Common compounds
- 理由りゆうreason
- 理科りかscience
- 理解りかいunderstanding
- 合理ごうりrationality, reasonableness
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