Chinese symbol for “texture”
理
lǐ
texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order
The closest CC-CEDICT match for texture is 理 (lǐ), defined as: texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “texture”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 质地 (質地) | zhì dì | texture; background (texture) |
| 肌理 | jī lǐ | texture (of skin, surface etc) |
| 口感 | kǒu gǎn | mouthfeel; texture (of food) |
| 质感 (質感) | zhì gǎn | realism (in art); sense of reality |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 理.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
See also: Japanese symbol for “texture”.
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.