律令

Chinese

		law	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (律令)		律	令
simp. #(律令)		律	令

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜlìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ ling⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lu̍t-lēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜlìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyùlìng
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴-ling⁴
    • Yale: lyù-lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhlinq
    • Palladius: люйлин (ljujlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leot⁶ ling⁶
    • Yale: leuht lihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ ling⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ ling⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚² lɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lu̍t-lēng
    • Tâi-lô: lu̍t-līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ludleng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚²⁴⁻² liɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lut̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ³³/

Noun

律令

1. laws and decrees

Synonyms

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• 令牌 (lìngpái)
• 律例 (lǜlì)
• 律法 (⁸liq-faq₇) (Wu)
• 法令 (fǎlìng)
• 法律 (fǎlǜ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (律令):

• → Japanese: 律(りつ)令(りょう) (ritsuryō); 律(りつ)令(れい) (ritsurei)
• → Korean: 율령(律令) (yullyeong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
律	令
りつ Grade: 6	りょう Grade: 4
kan'on	goon

/ritʉ rʲau/ → /rit͡surʲɔː/ → /rit͡surʲoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 律令 (MC lwit ljeng).

Equivalent to 律 (ritsu, “ancient Chinese criminal code”) +‎ 令 (ryō, “ancient Chinese administrative and civil code”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りつりょー [rìtsúryóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

律(りつ)令(りょう) • (ritsuryō) ^{←りつりやう (rituryau)?}

1. (law, historical) a set of codes and laws enacted during between the Asuka and Nara periods, influenced by a similar model in Tang-dynasty China

Derived terms

• 律(りつ)令(りょう)格(きゃく)式(しき) (ritsuryō kyakushiki)
• 律(りつ)令(りょう)国(こっ)家(か) (ritsuryō kokka)
• 律(りつ)令(りょう)時(じ)代(だい) (Ritsuryō jidai)
• 律令(りつりょう)制(せい) (Ritsuryō-sei, “Ritsuryō system”)
• 律(りつ)令(りょう)制(せい)度(ど) (ritsuryō seido)
• 飛鳥(あすか)浄(きよ)御(み)原(はら)律(りつ)令(りょう) (Asuka Kiyomihara ritsuryō)
• 急(きゅう)急(きゅう)如(にょ)律(りつ)令(りょう) (kyū kyū nyo ritsuryō)
• 大(たい)宝(ほう)律(りつ)令(りょう) (Taihō ritsuryō, “Taihō Code”)
• 泰(たい)始(し)律(りつ)令(りょう) (Taishi Ritsuryō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
律	令
りつ Grade: 6	れい Grade: 4
kan'on

Possibly from Middle Chinese 律令 (MC lwit ljeng).

Equivalent to 律 (ritsu, “ancient Chinese criminal code”) +‎ 令 (rei, “ancient Chinese administrative and civil code”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りつれー [rìtsúréé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨɾe̞ː]

Noun

律(りつ)令(れい) • (ritsurei) 

1. (law, historical, rare) a set of codes and laws enacted during between the Asuka and Nara periods, influenced by a similar model in Tang-dynasty China

References

• “律^△令”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025