Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

秩: regularity, salary

Also: order

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 失 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チツchitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 秩序ちつじょ
  • 無秩序むちつじょdisorder; chaos; confusion
  • 秩禄ちつろくofficial salary

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“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
禾

Also built on grain (禾)

All 32
失

Also built on lose (失)

The 失 family reads テツ (tetsu); 秩 is read チツ.

Also read チツ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
秩 regularity · 失
vs秦 Qin dynasty · 𡗗
秩 has 失 where 秦 has 𡗗.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhì

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

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

Pinyin zhì 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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