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矩

10 strokes
Radical:
arrow 矢
Parts:
矢 巨 乞
ruler, carpenter's square
Kun:
かね、 かねざし、 さしがね
On:
ク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 矩 【ク】 quadrature
  • 矩形 【クケイ】 rectangle
  • 規矩 【キク】 standard, criterion, rule, norm, compass and ruler

Kun reading compounds

  • 矩 【かね】 carpenter's square, upside-down and mirrored L-shape (used in traditional shop logos combined with another character), perpendicularity, straightness, model, standard
  • 矩差 【かねざし】 carpenter's square
  • 矩差 【かねざし】 carpenter's square

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 つね、 ただし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • regla
  • criterio
  • estándar
  • cuadrado
  • escuadra de carpintero

Portuguese

French

3171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1108 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2175 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1475 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
783 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1062 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23947X Morohashi
1148 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3980 New Nelson (John Haig)
2585 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2631 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2t7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
1-5-4 SKIP code
8141.7 Four corner code
1-22-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77e9 Unicode hex code

則

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
ハ 刈 目 貝
rule, law, follow, based on, model after
Kun:
のっと.る、 のり、 すなわち
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
753 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 則 【ソク】 counter for rules, rule, regulation
  • 即する 【ソクスル】 to conform to, to agree with, to be adapted to, to be based on
  • 反則 【ハンソク】 foul, breaking the rules, violation (of the law, regulations, etc.), infringement, breach, infraction
  • 正則 【セイソク】 correct, proper, formal, regular, systematic, normal, invertible (matrix), holomorphic

Kun reading compounds

  • 則る 【のっとる】 to conform to, to be in accordance with, to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2
Korean:
jeug, chig, cheug

Spanish

  • regla
  • norma
  • ley
  • decisión

Portuguese

  • regra
  • seguir
  • basear em
  • ter como modelo

French

  • règlement
  • règle
  • suivre
  • norme
  • loi (science, nature)
666 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
764 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
742 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
855 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
499 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
362 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
902 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
608 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
618 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
808 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
197 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
967 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
89 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1994 Morohashi
1444 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
487 New Nelson (John Haig)
88 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
92 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
702 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3943 2001 Kanji
7b2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-2 SKIP code
6280.0 Four corner code
1-34-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5247 Unicode hex code