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則

Rule
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingソク
Kun readingのっと.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5Level 23

Verbs with «則»

則る

Meanings

  1. ruleRtK
  2. law
  3. follow
  4. based on
  5. model after
  1. act
  2. principle
  3. method
  4. mood

Popular Usage

規則原則

Radicals and components

Radical刀knife刂variant
Components
How it's built
則
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 92

Compound words

規則きそく
rule; regulation
原則げんそく
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
会則かいそく
society regulations; club regulations; constitution
校則こうそく
school rules; school regulations
正則せいそく
correct; proper; formal; regular; systematic
罰則ばっそく
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
反則はんそく
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
変則へんそく
irregularity; anomaly
法則ほうそく
law; rule
不規則ふきそく
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
学則がくそく
school regulations
教則きょうそく
rules of teaching
禁則きんそく
prohibition
矩則くそく
standard
則るのっとる
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.)
規則的きそくてき
systematic
規則正いきそくただしい
regular
語彙規則ごいきそく
lexical rule
涅槃原則ねはんげんそく
Nirvana principle
右手の法則みぎてのほうそく
(Fleming's) right-hand rule
規則を破るきそくをやぶる
to break the rules
規則正しいきそくただしい
regular
左手の法則ひだりてのほうそく
(Fleming's) left-hand rule
独立の法則どくりつのほうそく
(Mendel's) law of independent assortment

Additional Examples

彼は兵役中は軍隊の厳しい規則に従っていた。
He was subjected to strict military discipline while in the service.tatoeba
彼は出席が不規則だ。
His attendance is irregular.tatoeba
彼は規則違反のかどでクラブから除名された。
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.tatoeba
彼は規則を詳しく説明した。
He explained the rules in detail.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Rule. 貝 (a cauldron) + 刂 (knife) — laws were carved into ritual cauldrons. 規則 — rule.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 則

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step