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Japanese symbol for “regularity”

Romaji: chitsujo
order; discipline; regularity; system

In Japanese, regularity is , read (chitsujo).

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Meanings

  1. n order; discipline; regularity; system; method

Kanji and stroke order

regularity, salary, order
on: チツ
10 strokes · JLPT 1
preface, beginning, order
on: ジョ
kun: つい.で、ついで
7 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “regularity”

WordReadingMeaning
きそくせい kisokuseiregularity
ほうそくせい housokuseilaw-like nature; regularity

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
むちつじょ muchitsujodisorder; chaos; confusion
あんねいちつじょ anneichitsujopeace and order; law and order
ちつろく chitsurokuofficial salary
しゃかいちつじょ shakaichitsujosocial order; public order
ほうちつじょ houchitsujolegal order
じゅんじょ junjoorder; sequence
じょばん jobanopening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
じょきょく jokyokuoverture; prelude

See also: Chinese symbol for “regularity”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.