律 Kanji – rhythm
The Japanese kanji 律 can mean rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control.
Meaning and Readings
How is 律 read?
律 has the onyomi readings リツ, リチ, レツ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ritsu, richi, retsu.
Common Japanese Words Using 律
These common Japanese words contain 律. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 比律賓（フィリピン） — Philippines
- 一律（いちりつ） — uniform, even, across-the-board, equal
- 韻律（いんりつ） — metre (of a poem), meter, rhythm
- 戒律（かいりつ） — (religious) precept, discipline, commandment, mitzvah
- 規律（きりつ） — order, observance, discipline
- 自律（じりつ） — autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
- 自律神経（じりつしんけい） — autonomic nerve
- 旋律（せんりつ） — melody, tune
- 不文律（ふぶんりつ） — unwritten law, common law
- 法律（ほうりつ） — law