律令

Chinese

law
 
make or cause to be; order; command
make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (律令)
simp. #(律令)

Pronunciation


Noun

律令

  1. laws and decrees

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (律令):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
りつ
Grade: 6
りょう
Grade: 4
kan’on goon

/ritʉ rʲau//rit͡surʲɔː//rit͡surʲoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 律令 (MC lwit ljeng).

Equivalent to (ritsu, ancient Chinese criminal code) + (ryō, ancient Chinese administrative and civil code).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つりょー [rìtsúryóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨᵝɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

(りつ)(りょう) • (ritsuryō) りつりやう (rituryau)?

  1. (law, historical) a set of codes and laws enacted during between the Asuka and Nara periods, influenced by a similar model in Tang-dynasty China
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
りつ
Grade: 6
れい
Grade: 4
kan’on

Possibly from Middle Chinese 律令 (MC lwit ljeng).

Equivalent to (ritsu, ancient Chinese criminal code) + (rei, ancient Chinese administrative and civil code).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つれー [rìtsúréé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨᵝɾe̞ː]

Noun

(りつ)(れい) • (ritsurei) 

  1. (law, historical, rare) a set of codes and laws enacted during between the Asuka and Nara periods, influenced by a similar model in Tang-dynasty China

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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