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Law
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingリツ、リチ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 23

Meanings

  1. law
    その法律は即日施行された。The law came into effect on the day it was proclaimed.tatoeba
    彼は法律を生涯の仕事に選んだ。He made law his life career.tatoeba
  2. rhythmRtK
  3. regulation
  4. gauge
  5. control
  1. law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code)
  2. vinaya (rules for the monastic community)
  3. ritsu (school of Buddhism)
  4. lüshi (style of Chinese poem)

Popular Usage

法律規律一律

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Nelson · column · going (行) · line · brush

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 939

Compound words

法律ほうりつ
law; legislation; act
規律きりつ
order; observance; discipline; rules; law
戒律かいりつ
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
旋律せんりつ
melody; tune
一律いちりつ
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
韻律いんりつ
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
自律じりつ
autonomy; self-control; self-discipline; autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
不文律ふぶんりつ
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
自律神経じりつしんけい
autonomic nerve
法律事務所ほうりつじむしょ
law office; law firm
音律おんりつ
metre
紀律きりつ
order
軍律ぐんりつ
martial law
黄金律おうごんりつ
The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you")
悉無律しつむりつ
all-or-none law
比律賓フィリピン
Philippines
一律減反いちりつげんたん
reduction in area of rice under cultivation
飛鳥浄御原律令あすかきよみはらりつりょう
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
資金決済に関する法律しきんけっさいにかんするほうりつ
Payment Services Act

Additional Examples

彼は法律事務所に６年勤務していた。
He had worked for the law firm for six years.tatoeba
彼は法律家にはかなわなかった。
He was no match for a lawyer.tatoeba
彼は法律家になる教育を受けた。
He was trained as a lawyer.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Law, rule. 彳 (path) + 聿 (brush) — written rules that people follow.

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