理儿

reason

Characters and words in 理儿

lǐ = li + Ø3

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

理 = 王 + 里 : Li Qingzhao (li) and Martin Luther King (王) have the mission to find out the intrinsic order (理) and inner essence (理) of sunflowers (里) in the space station (Ø3). They grow a few sunflowers and care for them very meticulously, talking to them and everything.

儿

rén = r + (e)n2

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

儿

兒

ér = Ø + Ø2

child / son

儿 = 丿 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).

儿

兒

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final