天理

Chinese
day; sky; heaven
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad.
(天理)		 天 理

Pronunciation

Noun

天理

  1. rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law
  2. (in common usage) justice; fairness
  3. (Chinese philosophy) heavenly principle

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 不傷天理／不伤天理
  • 天理不容 (tiānlǐbùróng)
  • 天理人情
  • 天理報應／天理报应
  • 天理循環／天理循环
  • 天理教 (Tiānlǐjiào)
  • 天理昭彰
  • 天理昭昭
  • 天理昭然
  • 天理良心
  • 天理難容／天理难容 (tiānlǐnánróng)
  • 沒天理的／没天理的

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (天理):
  • → Japanese: 天(てん)理(り) (tenri)
  • → Korean: 천리(天理) (cheolli)
  • → Vietnamese: thiên lí (天理)

Proper noun

天理

  1. (～市) Tenri (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 理
てん
Grade: 1		 り
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

天(てん)理(り) • (tenri) 

  1. laws of nature, natural laws

Proper noun

天(てん)理(り) • (Tenri) 

  1. Tenri (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
天理

Noun

天理 • (cheolli) (hangeul 천리)

  1. Hanja form? of 천리.

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天理

Noun

天理

  1. chữ Hán form of thiên lí (“rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law”).
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