理

lǐ = li + Ø3

texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up

理 = 王 + 里 : Li Qingzhao and Martin Luther King have the mission to find out the intrinsic order and inner essence of sunflowers in the space station. They grow a few sunflowers and care for them very meticulously, talking to them and everything.

理 character breakdown

理
- 王
  - 一
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
- 里
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗

王

wáng = w + ang2

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

王 = 一 + 土 : Mnemonic symbol: Martin Luther King. Willy Walrus (wu) is stuck in a heap of dirt (土) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Martin Luther King (王) helps him by holding out a flute (一).

王

wàng = w + ang4

to rule / to reign over

里

裏

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

里

裡

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

里

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

Characters with 理 as component

理 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 理

事

shì

理

lǐ

reason / logic

中

zho̅ng

国

國

guó

银

銀

yín

行

háng

业

業

yè

监

監

jia̅n

督

du̅

管

guǎn

理

lǐ

委

wěi

员

員

yuán

会

會

huì

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)

中

zho̅ng

央

ya̅ng

处

處

chǔ

理

lǐ

机

機

ji̅

central processing unit (CPU)

串

chuàn

处

處

chǔ

理

lǐ

string processing (computing)

二

èr

项

項

xiàng

式

shì

定

dìng

理

lǐ

the binomial theorem (math.)

交

jia̅o

通

to̅ng

管

guǎn

理

lǐ

局

jú

department of transport

人

rén

事

shì

管

guǎn

理

lǐ

personnel management

人

rén

文

wén

地

dì

理

lǐ

学

學

xué

human geography

人

rén

群

qún

管

guǎn

理

lǐ

特

tè

别

別

bié

用

yòng

途

tú

车

車

che̅

specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon, commonly known as water cannon vehicle 水炮車|水炮车[shui3 pao4 che1]

中

zho̅ng

国

國

guó

证

證

zhèng

券

quàn

监

監