Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: リツ リチ レツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぎょうにんべん

Meaning: step

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(ほうりつ)   law

(きりつ)   rules

(いちりつ)   uniformity, monotony

(せんりつ)   melody

不文(ふぶんりつ)   unwritten law

神経(じりつしんけい)   autonomic nerves

調する(ちょうりつする)   tune (instrument)

儀な(りちぎな)   conscientious

Onyomi Examples

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), (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

リツリョウ ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

イチリツ uniform, even, across-the-board, equal

ジリツ autonomy (philosophy), self-control

リチギ upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere

義者 リチギモノ honest person, conscientious person

ロレツ articulation