律 — kanji meaning “rhythm”
律
rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
- Meanings
- rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
- On'yomi
- リツ (ritsu)、リチ (richi)、レツ (retsu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- たかし、のり
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #992 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 60
- Chinese reading
- lǜ — Chinese character page
Words with 律
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法律 | ほうりつ houritsu | law; legislation; act |
| 規律 | きりつ kiritsu | order; observance; discipline |
| 旋律 | せんりつ senritsu | melody; tune |
| 一律 | いちりつ ichiritsu | uniform; even; across-the-board |
| 自律 | じりつ jiritsu | autonomy; self-control; self-discipline |
| 戒律 | かいりつ kairitsu | (religious) precept; discipline; commandment |
| 律儀 | りちぎ richigi | upright; honest; faithful |
| 調律 | ちょうりつ chouritsu | tuning (an instrument); temperament |
| 律令 | りつりょう ritsuryou | ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models |
| 二律背反 | にりつはいはん niritsuhaihan | antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation |
| 韻律 | いんりつ inritsu | metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm |
| 律する | りっする rissuru | to judge (on the basis of) |
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