理事
Chinese
to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure |
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
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simp. and trad. (理事) |
理 | 事 | |
anagram | 事理 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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理 | 事 |
り Grade: 2 |
じ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Literary Chinese 理事 (lǐshì, “to arrange matters”). The sense evolved into "director", as in "a person who arranges matters". Compare 執事 (shitsuji, “butler”, literally “to execute matters”), 判事 (hanji, “judge”, literally “to judge matters”).
References
- Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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理 | 事 |
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