料理

りょうり

cooking, cuisine

Mnemonic

Rice measured out on the left and the sense a thing makes on the right. Ingredients weighed, then put in an order that works. Ryo りょう has the apron on: りょうり.

Worth knowing

料理する is to cook. 日本料理 is Japanese cuisine and 料理人りょうりにん is a cook.

Built from

料

materials, fee

米 rice on the left with a measure beside it. Portioning out ingredients, and then what you are charged for them.

理

reason, logic

王 jewel + 里 village

Words sharing these kanji

理解 understanding, comprehension 理由 reason, cause 無理 unreasonable, impossible

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