Chinese symbol for “rationale”

合理性

hé lǐ xìng

reason; rationality; rationale; reasonableness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rationale is 合理性 (hé lǐ xìng), defined as: reason; rationality; rationale; reasonableness.

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Characters and stroke order

合 hé

to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

理 lǐ

science, reason, logic; to manage

radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

性 xìng

sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 合理性.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
合作	hé zuò	to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)	zōng hé	comprehensive; composite
结合 (結合)	jié hé	to combine; to link
联合 (聯合)	lián hé	to combine; to join
合法	hé fǎ	lawful; legitimate
适合 (適合)	shì hé	to fit; to suit
管理	guǎn lǐ	to supervise; to manage
处理 (處理)	chǔ lǐ	to handle; to deal with; to punish
女性	nǚ xìng	woman; the female sex

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.