# 律 — Law

Frequency rank 640 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 精 (Spirit), less common than 曲 (Music).

- On’yomi: りつ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 彳 Step (Kangxi 60)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Loiter on the left walks alongside a brush on the right — instead of loitering, you follow the brush's straight lines, obeying the law of disciplined strokes.

In words:

- 法律 ほうりつ — law
- 規律 きりつ — order,rules,law
- 一律 いちりつ — evenness;uniformity;monotony;equality

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