This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: リツ、リチ、レツ
Romaji: ritsu, richi, retsu
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Name Readings

Kana: たかし、のり
Romaji: takashi, nori
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Meanings

rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  60
Frequency:  992
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  ryul
Chinese Reading:  lu:4
Unicode:  5f8b
JIS:  4E27

Indexes

Halpern Index: 363
Nelson Index: 1608
New Nelson Index: 1740
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3i6.1
Four Corner Index: 2520.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 993
Gakken Index: 1048
Japanese Names Index: 787
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10097
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0825
Remembering the kanji Index: 874
Kanji Flashcards Index: 521
Kodansha Compact Index: 627
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 1003
Kanji in Context Index: 519
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 268
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 322
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 883
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 939
Essential Kanji Index: 526
Kodansha Kanji Index: 433
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2055
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 877
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 895

Words

(りつ)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lushi (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)
旋律 (せんりつ)
melody; tune
律令 (りつりょう、りつれい)
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
律令制 (りつりょうせい)
ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
調律 (ちょうりつ)
tuning (musical)
法律 (ほうりつ)
law
自律 (じりつ)
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
規律 (きりつ)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
一律 (いちりつ)
evenness; uniformity; monotony; equality
戒律 (かいりつ)
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
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