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律

lǜ

law

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 聿 represents the sound.

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

聿 sound,meaning component

聿  Sound Meaning component

yù

  

writing brush

Evolution

律 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
律 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
律 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
律 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
律 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

律  

lǜ

statute, principle, regulation; law

律  

Lǜ

surname Lü

Most common words with 律
Freq.
Word
Meaning

法律

law

律师

lawyer

规律

rhythm

纪律

discipline

律

law

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ut

lwit

lǜ

law, rule (n.)

*[r]ut

lwit

lǜ

不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 48.7266% of movies

547th most common character in movies

526th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5F8B

Shuowen

“律，均布也。从彳，聿聲。”


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