(lǜ) - law; rule; statute (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
lǜTraditional: 律
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Translation
law; rule; statute (bound morpheme)
Word origin
A compound character combining the step radical 彳(chì), suggesting going about, with 聿 (yù, a writing brush), giving the idea of what is written down to walk by, hence a law or statute.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 彳 (step radical) + 聿 (yù, brush)
Stroke order
律
Examples
。
She is a well-known lawyer.
遵守。
Everyone should obey the law.
。
We need to hire a lawyer.
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He researches Chinese law.
守。
One must follow the rules when doing things.
律 (lǜ) is a bound morpheme meaning law or rule, found in 律师 (lǜ shī) "lawyer" and 法律 (fǎ lǜ) "law".
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 律.
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