Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N2
753 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: rule, law, follow, based on, model after
Kunyomi: のっと.る, のり, すなわち
Onyomi: ソク
Composition: 貝 刂
Radical: 刀
Reading: りっとう
Meaning: knife, sword
Strokes: 2
規則（きそく） regulation
法則（ほうそく） law, principle (e.g. in physics)
原則（げんそく） principle
罰則（ばっそく） penal regulations
会則（かいそく） society or club regulations
不規則な（ふきそくな） irregular
反則する（はんそくする） violate
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
則る （のっとる） to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.), to conform to, to be in accordance with
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