理學 lǐxué Neo-Confucianism Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents lǐxué Neo-Confucianism · School of Principle 理 lǐ verbnoun reason reason; logic; truth; a law or principle governing how things work学 學 xué school of thought (bound form) a specific doctrine, theory, or academic schoollǐxué natural science 理 lǐ noun [science] (bound form) natural science; specifically physical science or physics学 學 xué nounaffix branch of learning (bound form) a subject or branch of study; often used as a suffix for -logy, -ics, or -science