則

See also: 则

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

則 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月金中弓 (BCLN), four-corner 6280₀, composition ⿰貝刂)

Derived characters

• 側, 𠗧, 𠷌, 𡍫, 𡺢, 惻, 𢯩, 測, 𣉇, 𣖡, 𥠉, 𧍡, 鍘, 鰂, 䶡, 厠, 崱, 廁, 萴, 䈟, 𢝔

Related characters

• 则 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1994
• Dae Jaweon: page 317, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 340, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5247

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Chinese

trad.		則
simp.		则
alternative forms		𠞋 𠟔 𠟻 𠟭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 則
Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)			Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Shizhoupian script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (則) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
廁	*sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則	*ʔsɯːɡ
賊	*zɯːɡ
鰂	*zɯːɡ
鱡	*zɯːɡ
蠈	*zɯːɡ
側	*ʔsrɯɡ
萴	*ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測	*sʰrɯɡ
惻	*sʰrɯɡ
崱	*zrɯɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 鼎 (“ding, a bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals”) + 刂 (“knife”). 鼎 was simplified as 貝 in the Small seal script.

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 則

1. rule; law; regulation
2. standard; example
3. to follow an example
4. Classifier for news and writings: item
5. conjunction used to indicate sequence of events; and
6. conjunction used to indicate cause and effect; so; thus
7. conjunction used to indicate contrast; but; on the other hand
8. conjunction used between two identical words to indicate concession; it is ... but it ...
9. particle used as the copula
10. particle used after numerals to list reasons

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 則 – see 才 (“(Min Nan)”). (This character is a variant form of 才).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

則

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: のり (nori, 則); のっとる (nottoru, 則る); すなわち (sunawachi, 則ち)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
則
そく Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 則 (MC tsok, “rule”).

Counter

則(そく) • (-soku) 

1. counter for rules

Noun

則(そく) • (soku) 

1. rule

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 獄(ごく)則(そく) (gokusoku, “prison rules”)
• 鉄(てっ)則(そく) (tessoku, “ironclad regulation”)
• 反(はん)則(そく) (hansoku), 犯(はん)則(そく) (hansoku, “violation of the rules”)
• 変(へん)則(そく) (hensoku, “irregularity; anomaly”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
則
のり Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 法, 矩

Noun

則(のり) • (nori) 

1. law

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Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

則 (eumhun 법칙 칙 (beopchik chik))

1. Hanja form^? of 칙 (“rule; law; regulation”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 규칙 (規則, gyuchik)
• 법칙 (法則, beopchik)
• 변칙 (變則, byeonchik)
• 원칙 (原則, wonchik)
• 총칙 (總則, chongchik)

Etymology 2

Hanja

則 (eumhun 곧 즉 (got jeuk))

1. Hanja form^? of 즉 (“(grammar) particle in literary Chinese texts”).
   • 1818, Jeong Yakyong, (deprecated template usage) 정약용(丁若鏞), “(deprecated template usage) 율기(律己) (yulgi)”, in (deprecated template usage) 목민심서(牧民心書) (mongminsimseo):

     簡其騶率。溫其顏色。以詢以訪。則民無不悅矣。

     간기추률. 온기안색. 이순이방. 즉민무불열의. (gan'gichuryul. on'giansaek. isunibang. jeungminmuburyeorui.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Vietnamese

Han character

則: Hán Việt readings: tắc, trắc
則: Nôm readings: tắc, tấc, trắc

1. Template:han tu form of

Compounds

Compounds

• 法則 (phép tắc)