Word Meaning 律令

りつりょう ritsuryou

律令 is read as りつりょう (ritsuryou) and means ritsuryō.

Meaning

English

ritsuryō
criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

Reading

Kana

りつりょう

Romaji

ritsuryou

Writing Variants

律令りつれい ritsurei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 8460 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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律令時代

りつりょうじだい

Ritsuryō period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)

律令国家

りつりょうこっか

the Japanese nation under the ritsuryō codes (645 CE-10th century)

律令格式

りつりょうきゃくしき

codes of laws and ethics (Tang Code)

律令制

りつりょうせい

ritsuryō system

大宝律令

たいほうりつりょう

Taiho Code (701 CE)

養老律令

ようろうりつりょう

Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)

飛鳥浄御原律令

あすかきよみはらりつりょう

Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)

律動的

りつどうてき

rhythmical

命令

めいれい

(software) instruction

法令

ほうれい

statute

訓令

くんれい

directive

政令

せいれい

government ordinance