り
理
ねん
念

noun

  1. (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights), foundational principle, idea, conception (e.g. of the university), doctrine, ideology.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
り
理
ねん
念
 理念 りねん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

logic, arrangement, reason
リ　ことわり　あや (2nd, N4)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
wish, sense, idea
ネン (4th, N3)
now
いま　コン　キン (2nd, N5)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ　あつまる
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
fu
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)