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真理

zhēnlǐ

truth

HSK 5 · Topic “Truth and argument”
A person holding balanced scales
Memory picture

Characters in this word

真 zhēn

Strokes
10
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
直 straight, vertical 几 small table
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

理 lǐ

Strokes
11
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 里 inside
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 理

Example phrases

  • 这是真理。 Zhè shì zhēnlǐ. This is the truth.
  • 真理不怕问。 Zhēnlǐ bù pà wèn. Truth is not afraid of questions.
  • 我追求真理。 Wǒ zhuīqiú zhēnlǐ. I seek the truth.

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