りやう

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of りやう – see the following entries.
りょう4
(law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system
order, command, decree
law, ordinance, rule
a female given name
りょう4
volume, amount
(Buddhist logic) pramana
(This term, りやう, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as りやう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as りやう.)