理
lǐ HSK2

reason

理 lǐ
pay attention verb
to acknowledge or pay attention to someone

她还在生气，不肯理我。

tā hái zài shēng​qì, bù kěn lǐ wǒ.

She is still angry and refuses to talk to me.

manage verb
to manage, handle, or put affairs in order

他吃完午饭就开始在家理东西。

tā chī​wán wǔ​fàn jiù kāi​shǐ zài jiā lǐ dōng​xi.

He started tidying things up at home after lunch.

logic noun
reason, truth, or the intrinsic order and essence of things

你说的话很有道理。

nǐ shuō de huà hěn yǒu​dào​li.

What you said makes a lot of sense.

texture noun
the grain or texture of materials such as wood or stone

这种大理石的理非常均匀、美观。

zhè zhǒng dà​lǐ​shí de lǐ fēi​cháng jūn​yún, měi​guān.

The grain of this marble is very even and beautiful.

manage affairs verb
to manage, handle, or deal with tasks, affairs, or documents; often used in compounds or formal contexts

别吵我，我正在理这团乱糟糟的毛线。

bié chǎo wǒ, wǒ zhèng​zài lǐ zhè tuán luàn​zāo​zāo de máo​xiàn.

Don't bother me; I'm untangling this messy ball of yarn.

science noun
natural science, specifically fields like physics

这所高中的课程分为文、理两类。

zhè suǒ gāo​zhōng de kè​chéng fēn​wéi wén, lǐ liǎng lèi.

The high school curriculum is divided into arts and sciences.

Frequency
Character
Written text
89th most common 2057.3 per million
Movie subtitles
200th most common 877.4 per million appears in 95% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
51.5 per million appears in 20% of films
Written text
71.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+7406

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)