理 lǐ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
理由
lǐyóu
reason
Characters in this word
由 yóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你有什么理由？ Nǐ yǒu shénme lǐyóu? What reason do you have?
- 这个理由很好。 Zhè ge lǐyóu hěn hǎo. This reason is very good.
- 我没有理由去。 Wǒ méiyǒu lǐyóu qù. I have no reason to go.
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
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand
- 理论 lǐlùn theory
- 整理 zhěnglǐ to tidy up; to arrange
- 心理 xīnlǐ psychology; mind