| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- ryul
Spanish
- ley
- regulación
- regla
- ritmo (musical)
Portuguese
- ritmo
- lei
- regulamento
- medida
- controle
French
- rythme
- ordonner
- loi
- régulation
- contrôle
- jauge
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
997 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宗 【シュウ】 sect, denomination, tenets (of a religious sect)
- 宗教 【シュウキョウ】 religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed, religious activity
- 浄土真宗 【ジョウドシンシュウ】 Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School
- 浄土宗 【ジョウドシュウ】 Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)
- 宗 【ソウ】 origin, source, virtuous ancestor
- 宗家 【ソウケ】 head of family, originator
- 大宗 【タイソウ】 leading figure, foundation
- 皇宗 【コウソウ】 imperial ancestors
Kun reading compounds
- 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
- 正宗 【まさむね】 famous sword, sword blade by Masamune, sake, Japanese rice wine, brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
- 独眼竜政宗 【どくがんりゅうまさむね】 Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 し、 そ、 そお、 たか、 とし、 のり、 ひろ、 むな、 もと、 よし
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- enseñanzas religiosas
- fundamento
- origen
Portuguese
- religião
- seita
- denominação
- ponto principal
- origem
- essência
French
- religion
- secte
- confession
- point principal
- origine
- essence
| 805 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 899 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 889 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1023 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1294 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 248 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1206 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 679 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 616 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 626 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 816 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 471 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2769 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1419 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1109 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7106 | Morohashi |
| 2228 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1321 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1100 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1181 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 865 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 741 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3090.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b97 | Unicode hex code |