Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
On:
リツリチレツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 律 【リツ】 law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation, vinaya (rules for the monastic community), Ritsu (school of Buddhism), lüshi (style of Chinese poem), (musical) pitch, six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)
  • 律令 【リツリョウ】 ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
  • 一律 【イチリツ】 uniform, even, across-the-board, equal
  • 自律 【ジリツ】 autonomy (in Kantian ethics), self-control
  • 律儀 【リチギ】 upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere
  • 律義者 【リチギモノ】 honest person, conscientious person
  • 呂律 【ロレツ】 articulation

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
ryul

Spanish

  • ley
  • regulación
  • regla
  • ritmo (musical)

Portuguese

  • ritmo
  • lei
  • regulamento
  • medida
  • controle

French

  • rythme
  • ordonner
  • loi
  • régulation
  • contrôle
  • jauge
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1003 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
993 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1048 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
526 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
627 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
268 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
883 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10097 Morohashi
363 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 New Nelson (John Haig)
874 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
939 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
895 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2055 2001 Kanji
3i6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2520.7 Four corner code
1-46-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8b Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
orders, laws, command, decree, good
On:
レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
804 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 令 【レイ】 command, order, dictation, nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
  • 令状 【レイジョウ】 warrant, summons, written order
  • 号令 【ゴウレイ】 order (esp. to a number of people), command, ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
  • 政令 【セイレイ】 government ordinance, cabinet order

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 りょう、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling4, ling2, ling3
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • órdenes
  • leyes

Portuguese

  • pedidos
  • leis antigas
  • comando
  • decreto

French

  • ordre
  • anciennes lois
  • décret
736 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
633 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
603 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
668 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
360 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
496 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
303 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
155 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
831 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
850 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
998 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
46 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2489 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1413 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
387 Morohashi
1995 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
121 New Nelson (John Haig)
1401 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1503 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
460 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2844 2001 Kanji
2a3.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
8030.7 Four corner code
8022.7 Four corner code
1-46-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ee4 Unicode hex code