IDENTITY
律lǜlaw; rule; rhythm
HSK 4Top 2200
CORE MEANING
law; rule; rhythm
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.lawHSK4
- 2.rhythm; melodyHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 彳step radical (chì)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰彳聿
- step radical; rules guide the way you walk
- writing brush; gives the sound lǜ
USAGE
Common words
法律fǎlǜlaw
律师lǜshīlawyer
规律guīlǜpattern; rule
Graded examples
他想当一名律师。Tā xiǎng dāng yì míng lǜshī.HSK4
He wants to become a lawyer.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 绿
- 津
LEARNING
Memory aid
Steps (彳) plus brush-written codes (聿) — rules you follow as you go.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #2200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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