# 理 — Reason

Frequency rank 53 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 動 (Move), less common than 用 (Task).

- On’yomi: り
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 玉 Jade (Kangxi 96)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 11

A detective writes possibilities in the fog on a window, erasing each one when it fails to explain the crime.

In words:

- 理由 りゆう — reason
- 料理 りょうり — cuisine
- 無理 むり — impossible

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