Chinese

道理

dàolǐ

reason; argument; sense; logic

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characterChinese道 “a path or course along which something moves, flows or extends”
- meaningChinese行 “to walk”
  - componentChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
  - componentChinese亍 “to stop; to stand still”
- soundChinese首 “head”
- meaningChinese止 “foot”
characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
- meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
- soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
  - ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
  - ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”