律

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 彳 + phonetic 聿

[edit] Han character

律 (radical 60 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人中手 (HOLQ), four-corner 2520₇)

1. statute, principle, regulation

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 366, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10097
• Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 821, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5F8B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

律 (Yale leut6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

律 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: りつ (ritsu), りち (richi)
• Kun: のり (nori)

[edit] Compounds

• 律儀 - faithful, honest
• 律詩 - Chinese poetry of eight lines, Lüshi
• 律動 - rhythmic movement
• 律法 - the laws of Judaism, Torah
• 律令 - historical legal code based on Confucianism
• 因果律 - law of causality
• 音律 - musical tuning system
• 戒律 - religious commandment
• 可換律 - commutative law (in mathematics)
• 法律 - law, statute

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

律 (hangeul 률>율, revised ryul>yul, McCune-Reischauer ryul>yul, Yale lyul>yul)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

律 (pinyin lái (lai2), lài (lai4), lǜ (lü4), Wade-Giles lai², lai⁴, lü⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 律动
• 律己
• 律例
• 律令
• 律师
• 律诗
• 律条

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

律 (luật, lót, lọt, rút, rụt, sụt, suốt, trót, luốt, rọt, sốt, trốt, trút)