[理, lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ]texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up#1851[Add to Longdo]
[り, ri](n) (1) reason; principle; logic; (2) { Buddh } (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos; (P)#3287[Add to Longdo]
[りねん, rinen](n) (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology; (P)#6765[Add to Longdo]