理 Kanji – logic
The Japanese kanji 理 can mean logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth.
Meaning and Readings
How is 理 read?
理 has the onyomi reading リ and the kunyomi reading ことわり.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ri, kotowari.
Common Japanese Words Using 理
These common Japanese words contain 理. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 監理（かんり） — superintendence, supervision, administration
- 管理（かんり） — control, management (e.g. of a business)
- 管理者（かんりしゃ） — manager, administrator, landlord, warden, superintendent, supervisor, custodian
- 管理職（かんりしょく） — management, managerial position, administrative post, person in a managerial position
- 管理人（かんりにん） — administrator, janitor, manager, concierge, caretaker, superintendent, supervisor
- 義理（ぎり） — duty, sense of duty, honor, honour, decency, courtesy, debt of gratitude, social obligation
- 経理（けいり） — accounting, administration (of money)
- 原理（げんり） — principle, theory, fundamental truth
- おせち料理（おせちりょうり） — osechi, osechi-ryōri, traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
- 合理（ごうり） — rationality