Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Kun:
ことわり
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
86 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 理 【リ】 reason, principle, logic, general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon), the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
  • 理科 【リカ】 science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.), natural science, science department (university), science course, science (as a school subject)
  • 合理 【ゴウリ】 rationality
  • 経理 【ケイリ】 accounting, administration (of money)

Kun reading compounds

  • 理 【ことわり】 reason, logic, sense, natural way of things

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 おさむ、 さと、 さとる、 ただ、 ただし、 とおる、 に、 のり、 ひ、 まこと、 まさ、 まさし、 まろ、 みち、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • lógica
  • razón
  • preparar

Portuguese

  • lógica
  • arranjo
  • razão
  • justiça
  • verdade

French

  • logique
  • principe
  • raison
  • justice
  • vérité
333 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
239 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
220 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
95 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2942 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
104 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
217 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1361 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.17 Japanese for Busy People
143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
143 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1321 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1220 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
271 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21014 Morohashi
970 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3644 New Nelson (John Haig)
265 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
283 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
59 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
212 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1611.4 Four corner code
1-45-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7406 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
yield, bend, flinch, submit
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1434 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 屈辱 【クツジョク】 disgrace, humiliation
  • 屈従 【クツジュウ】 servile submission, subservience
  • 背屈 【ハイクツ】 dorsiflexion, dorsal flexion
  • 後屈 【コウクツ】 retroflexion

Kun reading compounds

  • 屈む 【かがむ】 to stoop, to lean over, to bend forward, to bend down, to crouch, to squat
  • 屈める 【かがめる】 to stoop, to bend (e.g. one's knees)

Readings

Japanese names:
くっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1
Korean:
gul

Spanish

  • doblar
  • torcer
  • curvar
  • rendirse
  • encogerse
  • someter

Portuguese

  • encruzilhada
  • curva
  • hesitação
  • submeter

French

  • céder
  • se courber
  • fléchir
  • soumission
1188 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1584 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1386 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1629 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1232 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1802 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1940 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
349 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
528 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3821 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2652 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1069 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7669 Morohashi
3079 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1415 New Nelson (John Haig)
1060 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1140 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1166 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3776 2001 Kanji
3r5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
7727.2 Four corner code
1-22-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c48 Unicode hex code