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While this character literally means law, regulation or rules, it's also a surname Lü in Chinese and name Ritsu in Japanese.
In more ancient times (and for some people still), this can refer to East Asian criminal code, or vinaya (rules for the monastic community). For Japanese Buddhists, this can be the Ritsu school.
In some context, this can refer to certain musical scales used in Asia.
紀律 is a Chinese and Korean word that conveys the idea of extreme self-control and perhaps self-sacrifice, and obedience.
This word matches the kind of “discipline” I was in the Marine Corps. There is also an additional idea of maintaining order or being orderly in your tasks.
This idea would also fit an athlete training for the Olympics who gives up many pleasures to stay focused on their training.
規律 is a Japanese word for discipline that relays the ideas of keeping order, and observance (of rules, laws, regulations).
This is also a word in Chinese and old Korean Hanja where it suggests that you are one who follows a certain law of behavior or has a regular and dependable pattern of behavior, personal regime, or rhythm.
自律 means self-discipline and self-control.
It is doing what you really want to do rather than being tossed around by your feelings like a leaf in the wind. You act instead of reacting. You get things done in an orderly and efficient way. With self-discipline, you take charge of yourself.
Not sure if this one works for a Japanese audience.
提防律師 is a kind of Chinese joke about lawyers.
The first two characters mean “guard yourself against (an attack)” or “beware.”
The last two characters can be translated as lawyer, attorney, or solicitor.
Separately, those characters mean law/regulation/control and master/expert/teacher. Here, you can see the attorney meaning is pretty clear in the individual characters.
Please note this is Chinese only (it won't make sense in Japanese, and the last two characters are sometimes translated together as “Buddhist Priest” in Japanese).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 律 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
律 see styles |
lǜ lu:4 lü ritsu りつ |
More info & calligraphy: Ritsu(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli. |
紀律 纪律 see styles |
jì lǜ ji4 lu:4 chi lü kiritsu きりつ |
More info & calligraphy: Discipline(1) order; observance; discipline; (2) rules; law; regulations |
自律 see styles |
zì lǜ zi4 lu:4 tzu lü jiritsu じりつ |
More info & calligraphy: Self-Discipline / Will-Power(1) {phil} (See 他律・1) autonomy (in Kantian ethics); (2) self-control |
規律 规律 see styles |
guī lǜ gui1 lu:4 kuei lü kiritsu きりつ |
More info & calligraphy: Discipline(1) order; observance; discipline; (2) rules; law; regulations order |
菲律賓 菲律宾 see styles |
fēi lǜ bīn fei1 lu:4 bin1 fei lü pin |
More info & calligraphy: Philippines |
黄金律 see styles |
ougonritsu / ogonritsu おうごんりつ |
More info & calligraphy: Golden Rule |
一律 see styles |
yī lǜ yi1 lu:4 i lü ichiritsu いちりつ |
same; uniformly; all; without exception (adj-no,adj-na,adv,n) uniform; even; across-the-board; equal |
七律 see styles |
qī lǜ qi1 lu:4 ch`i lü chi lü |
abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗[qi1yan2 lu:4shi1] |
不律 see styles |
bù lǜ bu4 lv4 pu lü furitsu ふりつ |
(personal name) Furitsu immoral |
五律 see styles |
wǔ lǜ wu3 lv4 wu lü goritsu |
The doctrines of the 五部 q. v. |
仁律 see styles |
kiminori きみのり |
(personal name) Kiminori |
他律 see styles |
tā lǜ ta1 lu:4 t`a lü ta lü taritsu たりつ |
external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation 自律[zi4 lu:4]); (ethics) heteronomy (1) {phil} (See 自律・1) heteronomy (in Kantian ethics); (2) heteronomy |
以律 see styles |
yǐ lǜ yi3 lu:4 i lü |
Eluid (son of Achim) |
伊律 see styles |
itsu いつ |
(female given name) Itsu |
依律 see styles |
inori いのり |
(female given name) Inori |
刑律 see styles |
xíng lǜ xing2 lu:4 hsing lü keiritsu / keritsu けいりつ |
criminal law criminal law |
勝律 see styles |
katsunori かつのり |
(personal name) Katsunori |
千律 see styles |
senritsu せんりつ |
(female given name) Senritsu |
厳律 see styles |
genritsu げんりつ |
strict law |
呂律 see styles |
roretsu ろれつ |
articulation |
善律 see styles |
yoshinori よしのり |
(personal name) Yoshinori |
太律 see styles |
takanori たかのり |
(personal name) Takanori |
好律 see styles |
yoshinori よしのり |
(given name) Yoshinori |
定律 see styles |
dìng lǜ ding4 lu:4 ting lü teiritsu / teritsu ていりつ |
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy); (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") fixed law; (personal name) Yasunori |
尼律 see styles |
ní lǜ ni2 lv4 ni lü niritsu |
precepts for bhikṣuṇīs |
川律 see styles |
senritsu せんりつ |
(female given name) Senritsu |
廣律 广律 see styles |
guǎng lǜ guang3 lv4 kuang lü kōritsu |
complete vinaya |
律三 see styles |
ritsuzou / ritsuzo りつぞう |
(given name) Ritsuzou |
律世 see styles |
ritsuyo りつよ |
(female given name) Ritsuyo |
律乃 see styles |
ritsuno りつの |
(female given name) Ritsuno |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ritsu | 律 | ritsu | lǜ / lu:4 / lu: | lü |
Discipline | 紀律 纪律 | jì lǜ / ji4 lv4 / ji lv / jilv | chi lü / chilü | |
Discipline | 規律 规律 | kiritsu | guī / gui1 lu:4 / gui lu: / guilu: | kuei lü / kueilü |
Self-Discipline Will-Power | 自律 | jiritsu | zì lǜ / zi4 lv4 / zi lv / zilv | tzu lü / tzulü |
Golden Rule | 黄金律 | ougonritsu / ogonritsu | ||
Philippines | 菲律賓 菲律宾 | fēi lǜ bīn fei1 lv4 bin1 fei lv bin feilvbin | fei lü pin feilüpin |
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Beware of the Lawyers | 提防律師 提防律师 | xiǎo xīn lǜ shī xiao3 xin1 lv4 shi1 xiao xin lv shi xiaoxinlvshi | hsiao hsin lü shih hsiaohsinlüshih |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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