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律

JLPT N2 SL6 9 strokes Frequency: #992

Meanings

Rhythm, Law, Regulation, Gauge, Control

Radicals

彳

Decomposition

⿰彳聿

Etymology

Ideographic: To walk 彳 as required by law 聿

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 corner right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

レツ retsu

リチ richi

リツ ritsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

121 words total

Other (20 words)

metre

(religious) precept

order

martial law

criminal law

strict law

autonomy (in Kantian ethics)

自律神経じりつしんけい

autonomic nerve

旋律せんりつ

melody

他律たりつ

heteronomy (in Kantian ethics)

調律ちょうりつ

tuning (an instrument)

antinomy

exclusion principle

irregular

unwritten law

equal temperament

law

legal

ritsuryō

The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you")

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