Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

律: rhythm, law

Also: regulation, gauge, control

JLPT N29 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

彳 carries the meaning · 聿 is drawn in

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

リツritsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 法律ほうりつlaw
  • 規律きりつrules
  • 一律いちりつuniformity, monotony
  • 旋律せんりつmelody
  • 不文律ふぶんりつunwritten law
  • 自律神経じりつしんけいautonomic nerves
  • 調律するちょうりつするtune (instrument)

リチrichi · on'yomi

  • 律儀なりちぎなconscientious

Also read レツ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

Learn it 4 steps
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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Take the first step on your journey! These three quick strokes show the left side of a bustling street or a person taking a brisk step forward.”
More in the 彳 step story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
彳

Also built on step (彳)

All 19
聿

Also built on 聿

Also read リツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read レツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
律 rhythm · 彳
vs建 build · 廴
律 has 彳 where 建 has 廴.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lǜ

Same form: 律 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
律 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
律 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lǜ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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