Word Meaning

ri

理 is read as り (ri) and means general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon).

Meaning

English

  1. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
  2. the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
  3. reason
  4. principle
  5. logic

Reading

Kana

Romaji

ri

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 10683 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

理事

りじ

director

理学

りがく

lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy)

理工

りこう

science and technology

代理

だいり

representation

心理

しんり

state of mind

料理

りょうり

(easily) dealing with something

地理

ちり

geography

物理

ぶつり

physics

真理

しんり

truth

生理

せいり

physiology

道理

どうり

reason

天理

てんり

natural laws

Example Sentences

9

おくれたりゆうをおしえてください。

Please tell me the reason you were late.

かれのきもちはよくりかいできます。

I can understand his feelings very well.

ゆうしょくはわたしがりょうりします。

I will cook dinner.

いもうとはりかがとくいです。

My younger sister is good at science.

そんなおねがいはむりです。

A request like that is unreasonable.

りそうとげんじつはちがいます。

Ideals and reality are different.

そのせつめいはりにかなっています。

That explanation makes sense.

かれはろんりてきにかんがえるひとです。

He is a person who thinks logically.

りじちょうがかいぎをひらきました。

The chairperson opened the meeting.