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理

理

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

理 (radical 96 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土田土 (MGWG), four-corner 16114, composition ⿰王里)

References

  • KangXi: page 733, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21014
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1145, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1115, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7406

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 理

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
埋 *mrɯː
霾 *mrɯː
薶 *mrɯː
榸 *ʔr'ɯː
厘 *rɯ
狸 *rɯ
貍 *p·rɯ
梩 *rɯ
艃 *rɯ
里 *rɯʔ
理 *rɯʔ
鯉 *rɯʔ
俚 *rɯʔ
悝 *rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌 *rɯʔ
裏 *rɯʔ
荲 *r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯʔ) : semantic 玉 ‎(“jade”) + phonetic 里 ‎(OC *rɯʔ).

According to Shuowen Jiezi, the character meant “to polish jade”. The current meaning “to order, tidy up” may be derived from it.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 理
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 良士切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɨX/
Li
Rong		 /liəX/
Wang
Li		 /lĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /liX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 理 理
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lǐ lǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ liX › ‹ liX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m(ə).rəʔ/ /*m(ə).rəʔ/
English cut jade; regulate reason; principle

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 理
Reading # 1/1
No. 7827
Phonetic
component		 里
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 里
Old
Chinese		 /*rɯʔ/

Definitions

理

  1. † to polish jade
  2. to put in order; to tidy up
  3. to manage; to run; to handle
  4. (usually in negative) to pay attention to; to care about
    他們不理我。 / 他们不理我。  ―  Tāmen bù lǐ wǒ.  ―  They are ignoring me.
    佢連自己個仔都唔理。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢连自己个仔都唔理。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 lin4 zi6 gei2 go3 zai2 dou1 m4lei5. [Jyutping]
    He doesn't care about even his own son.
  5. to revise; to review
  6. texture; grain (of wood)
    肌理  ―  jīlǐ  ―  skin texture
  7. principle; inner essence
  8. reason; logic; truth; science
    道理  ―  dàolǐ  ―  reasoning
    心理  ―  xīnlǐ  ―  psychology
  9. natural science
  10. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

理

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

理 ‎(hiragana り, romaji ri)

  1. reason, logic

Proper noun

理 ‎(hiragana おさむ, romaji Osamu)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

理 • ‎(ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

理 (lí, lẽ, nhẽ)

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville

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