理 /lǐ/ ORDER, PAY ATTENTION (to somebody)
The character consists of 王 – it looks like /wáng/ A KING but here it represents /yù/ A JADE (precious stone that Chinese used for ritual purposes).
The other part is 里 /lǐ/ – it means INSIDE but more important is how it looks. It looks like A GRID.
This characters shows A GRID of veins in A JADE – and these veins are organised in certain ORDER.
TEST WHAT YOU KNOW
Pick the right character(s) for DIRECTOR
经理
jīnglǐ
DIRECTOR
心理
xīnlǐ
PSYCHOLOGY
处理
chǔlǐ
HANDLE DEAL WITH
道理
dàolǐ
REASON SENSE
Pinyin
汉字
LEARN NEW
ORDER RELATED
ORDER
理
lǐ
lǐ
MANAGER
MANAGE
管理
guǎnlǐ
guǎnlǐ
DIRECTOR
经理
jīnglǐ
jīnglǐ
HANDLE
DEAL WITH
处理
chǔlǐ
chǔlǐ
IDEAL
理想
lǐxiǎng
lǐxiǎng
RATIONAL
合理
hélǐ
hélǐ
PREMIER
总理
zǒnglǐ
zǒnglǐ
PSYCHOLOGY
心理
xīnlǐ
xīnlǐ
REASON
SENSE
道理
dàolǐ
dàolǐ
Is director wang here?
王 经理 现在 在 不 在？
<Wáng jīnglǐ xiànzài zàibuzai?>
The director has surely already decided.
I don’t care what the manager says.
REASON / REASONABLE
When something is REASONABLE, there is a WAY 道 and there is ORDER 理.
