律令

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Chinese

		law	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (律令)		律	令
simp. ^#(律令)		律	令

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǜlìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ ling⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lu̍t-lēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǜlìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyùlìng
  - Wade–Giles: lü⁴-ling⁴
  - Yale: lyù-lìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhlinq
  - Palladius: люйлин (ljujlin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leot⁶ ling⁶
  - Yale: leuht lihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ ling⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ ling⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚² lɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lu̍t-lēng
  - Tâi-lô: lu̍t-līng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ludleng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚²⁴⁻² liɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lut̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ³³/

Noun

律令

laws and decrees

Synonyms

令牌 (lìngpái)
律例 (lǜlì)
律法 (⁸liq-faq) (Wu)
法令 (fǎlìng)
法律 (fǎlǜ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (律令):

→ Japanese: 律(りつ)令(りょう) (ritsuryō); 律(りつ)令(れい) (ritsurei)
→ Korean: 율령(律令) (yullyeong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
律	令
りつ Grade: 6	りょう Grade: 4
kan’on	goon

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

律令

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Ritsuryō

/ritʉ rʲau/ → /rit͡surʲɔː/ → /rit͡surʲoː/

Possibly from Middle Chinese 律令 (MC lwit ljeng).

Equivalent to 律 (ritsu, “ancient Chinese criminal code”) +‎ 令 (ryō, “ancient Chinese administrative and civil code”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りつりょー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

律(りつ)令(りょう) • (ritsuryō) ^{←りつりやう (rituryau)^?}

(law, historical) a set of codes and laws enacted during between the Asuka and Nara periods, influenced by a similar model in Tang-dynasty China

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
律	令
りつ Grade: 6	れい Grade: 4
kan’on

Possibly from Middle Chinese 律令 (MC lwit ljeng).

Equivalent to 律 (ritsu, “ancient Chinese criminal code”) +‎ 令 (rei, “ancient Chinese administrative and civil code”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りつれー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

律(りつ)令(れい) • (ritsurei)

(law, historical, rare) a set of codes and laws enacted during between the Asuka and Nara periods, influenced by a similar model in Tang-dynasty China

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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