The kanji 則: meaning, readings and stroke order

則

Meaning: rule
On reading: ソク soku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quy tắc, luật (tắc)
Japanese: きまり。
Korean: 규칙, 법 (칙)
Chinese: 规则、规律 (则)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソク soku · on reading

反はん則そく
foul, breaking the rules
試合で 反はん則そくをしてしまいました。
I broke a rule during the game by accident.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.