岂有此理 (qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ) — preposterous; outrageous; absurd — an exclamation of indignation at something utterly unreasonable

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

此 shows 止 (feet) and 人 (person), drawing a person stopping, to mean 'this' or 'here.'

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.