律 - Japanese Vocabulary meaning of 律 - law

律

りつ

law

りつ

noun

1. Law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); Regulation

2. Vinaya (rules for the monastic community)

3. Ritsu (school of Buddhism) abbreviation. See also 律宗.

4. Lushi (style of Chinese poem) abbreviation. See also 律詩.

5. (musical) pitch

6. Six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale See also 十二律.See also 呂.

7. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) abbreviation. See also 律旋.

noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter

8. (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

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