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Chinese symbol for “logical”

顺理成章
shùn lǐ chéng zhāng
Traditional: 順理成章
logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for logical is 顺理成章 (shùn lǐ chéng zhāng), defined as: logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text).

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Characters and stroke order

顺 shùn
to submit to, to obey, to go along with
radical 181 ⾴ · 9 strokes
理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes
成 chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
章 zhāng
chapter, section, writing; seal
radical 180 ⾳ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 顺理成章.

WordPinyinMeaning
顺利 (順利)shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch
顺序 (順序)shùn xùsequence; order
顺便 (順便)shùn biànconveniently; in passing
顺着 (順著)shùn zheto follow; following
顺应 (順應)shùn yìngto comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
顺从 (順從)shùn cóngobedient; to comply
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay

See also: Japanese symbol for “logical”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.