則 — rule, follow, based on

そく則 rule

そく

U+5247 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #753 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #92 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

rule
follow
based on
model after

Readings

On'yomi: そく soku
Kun'yomi: のっと notto

word

そく soku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

則(そく) soku rule 原(げん) 則(そく) gensoku principle 規(き) 則(そく) kisoku rule 法(ほう) 則(そく) housoku law 反(はん) 則(そく) hansoku foul 不(ふ) 規(き) 則(そく) fukisoku irregular 変(へん) 則(そく) hensoku irregularity 校(こう) 則(そく) kousoku school rules

Words by frequency and grade

10 words

Each dot is a word containing 則: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

かい貝 shellfish #154

刂 knife (right form)

Used as component in (2)

がわ側 side はかる測 fathom

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#18 刀 knife