Hanja Analyzer
律

律 — ryul

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
법칙 률
Romanization
ryul
English
statute, principle, regulation
Mandarin
lǜ
Japanese on'yomi
リツ, リチ
Japanese kun'yomi
のり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#992 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
彳 (60, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+5F8B

Parts that make up 律

  • 彳 네거리의 왼쪽 절반길을 가는 일
  • 聿 붓 율 손에 쥔 붓붓과 글씨 쓰는 일

How 律 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 律 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 彳, 聿.

Korean example words with 律

  • 구율舊律 Korean gloss: 예전의 규율
  • 엄률嚴律 Korean gloss: 엄중한 규율
  • 계율戒律 Korean gloss: 지켜야 할 규범
  • 죄율罪律 Korean gloss: 죄에 따른 형벌
  • 경률經律 Korean gloss: 부처가 말한 교법
  • 신율新律 Korean gloss: 새로 제정된 율법
  • 율사律師 Korean gloss: 계율에 정통한 승려
  • 음률音律 Korean gloss: 소리와 음악의 가락
  • 역률逆律 Korean gloss: 역적을 처벌하는 법률
  • 율칙律則 Korean gloss: 규율과 규칙을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 군율軍律 Korean gloss: 군법에 따라 군에서 다스리는 처벌
  • 조율調律 Korean gloss: 악기의 음을 표준음에 맞추어 고름

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 律

  • 法律ほうりつ law; legislation; act
  • 一律いちりつ uniform; even; across-the-board
  • 規律きりつ order; observance; discipline
  • 旋律せんりつ melody; tune
  • 自律じりつ autonomy; self-control; self-discipline
  • 法律事務所ほうりつじむしょ law office; law firm
  • 戒律かいりつ (religious) precept; discipline; commandment
  • 自律神経じりつしんけい autonomic nerve
  • 二律背反にりつはいはん antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation
  • 不文律ふぶんりつ unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
  • 律令りつりょう ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
  • 調律師ちょうりつし piano tuner

Other hanja read “률”

Other hanja with radical 彳

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