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律
Stroke Count
 9 Strokes
 Radical
 彳 + 6 Strokes
JLPT Level N2
Jouyou Kanji, Taught in Grade 6
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English Meaning
  1. rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
Readings
Kun'yomi: のり、たかし。
On'yomi: リチ。(Go-on Reading)
リツ。(Kan-on Reading)
レツ。

Dictionary Entry for 律

ritsu
noun
  1. law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
  2. vinaya (rules for the monastic community)
  3. Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
  4. lushi (style of Chinese poem)
  5. (musical) pitch (also りち)
  6. six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
  7. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 律

Construction of Character for 律

Radicals and parts present in 律
» Radical stop, linger, loiter, going man radical (no. 60)
» Part brush, finally, self, relate, follow, here, fast, writing brush radical (no. 129)

Kanji related to 律

Kanji containing ⺕ at the right-inner

  • 帰

    緑

    録

    律

    糖

    津

    隠

    穏

    隷

Kanji containing ⺕

  • 当

    書

    雪

    君

    事

    急

    筆

    争

    建

    康

    妻

    婦

    侵

    兼

    唐

    浸

    逮

    庸

    掃

    粛

    尋

Kanji containing 丨 at the right-inner

  • 油

    神

    仲

    候

    拝

    律

    叫

    伸

    沖

    岬

    押

    抽

    杯

    沸

    帥

    津

    糾

    紳

    軸

    袖

    蜂

Kanji containing 丨

  • 中

    出

    本

    虫

    内

    引

    書

    央

    由

    申

    向

    州

    表

    笛

    筆

    不

    印

    児

    建

    費

    旧

    師

    収

    冊

    否

    宙

    届

    忠

    介

    弔

    凸

    甲

    奉

    幽

    兼

    華

    粛

    串

Kanji containing 亻 at the left-inner

  • 行

    後

    役

    待

    径

    徒

    得

    往

    復

    徳

    律

    従

    彼

    征

    徐

    御

    循

    微

    徴

    徹

Kanji containing 亻

  • 休

    花

    体

    何

    作

    夜

    化

    仕

    他

    代

    住

    使

    係

    倍

    旅

    荷

    進

    宿

    集

    付

    仲

    伝

    位

    低

    例

    府

    便

    信

    候

    借

    脈

    停

    健

    側

    貨

    働

    億

    仏

    仮

    件

    任

    在

    似

    価

    保

    修

    俵

    個

    備

    貸

    像

    雑

    仁

    存

    供

    派

    俳

    値

    推

    衆

    傷

    賃

    優

    難

    仙

    仰

    伏

    伐

    伯

    伴

    伸

    伺

    但

    佐

    佳

    併

    侍

    依

    侮

    附

    侯

    侵

    促

    俊

    俗

    俸

    倒

    倣

    倫

    倹

    准

    隻

    偏

    偵

    偶

    偽

    唯

    悠

    符

    袋

    偉

    傍

    焦

    雄

    雇

    傑

    催

    債

    傾

    僧

    稚

    雅

    靴

    僕

    僚

    維

    閥

    雌

    儀

    褒

    儒

    償

    離

    伎

    侶

    俺

    堆

    僅

    椎

    誰

    喉

    傲

Kanji containing 彳 at the left

  • 行

    後

    役

    待

    径

    徒

    得

    往

    復

    徳

    律

    従

    彼

    征

    徐

    御

    循

    微

    徴

    徹

Kanji containing 彳

  • 街

    術

    衛

    縦

    履

    衝

    衡

    懲

    覆

    桁

Kanji containing 律

  • 律

Kanji containing 聿 at the right

  • 律

    津

Kanji containing 聿

  • 書

    筆

    建

    健

    粛

    鍵

Meanings in Other Languages for 律

French
  1. rythme, ordonner, loi, régulation, contrôle, jauge
Portuguese
  1. ritmo, lei, regulamento, medida, controle
Spanish
  1. ley, regulación, regla, ritmo (musical)

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