理 lǐ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
理解
lǐjiě
to understand
Characters in this word
解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我理解你。 Wǒ lǐjiě nǐ. I understand you.
- 他不理解我。 Tā bù lǐjiě wǒ. He does not understand me.
- 老师理解学生。 Lǎoshī lǐjiě xuésheng. The teacher understands the students.
Related words
- 道理 dàolǐ reason; common sense
- 经理 jīnglǐ manager
- 理想 lǐxiǎng dream; ideal
- 办理 bànlǐ to handle paperwork; to process
- 处理 chǔlǐ to handle; to deal with
- 管理 guǎnlǐ to manage
- 合理 hélǐ reasonable
- 理发 lǐfà to get a haircut
- 理论 lǐlùn theory
- 理由 lǐyóu reason
- 整理 zhěnglǐ to tidy up; to arrange
- 心理 xīnlǐ psychology; mind