言葉Kotoba

9 strokesRadical JLPT N2

Meanings

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation, vinaya (rules for the monastic community), Ritsu (school of Buddhism), lüshi (style of Chinese poem), (musical) pitch, six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)

Readings

The bundled data does not distinguish on’yomi from kun’yomi, so readings are listed together.

Stroke order

Each frame adds one red stroke. Earlier strokes remain in muted ink.