Radical 王

11 strokes

king 王 (60a) + in 里 (157) = reason 理

道理 (145) dàolǐ principle, reason

(The king’s mother-in-law is visiting yet again) “Is the king in?” she asks the guard, and the guard has to think up a new reason each time why the king can’t see her. / Teddy peeks out to let the king know when she leaves (and the coast is clear).