則

See also: 则

則 U+5247, 則 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5247 ← 剆 [U+5246] CJK Unified Ideographs 剈 → [U+5248]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

則 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月金中弓 (BCLN), four-corner 6280₀, composition ⿰貝刂)

Derived characters

• 側, 𠗧, 𠷌, 𡍫, 𡺢, 惻, 𢯩, 測, 𣉇, 𣖡, 𥠉, 𧍡, 鍘, 鰂, 䶡, 厠, 崱, 廁, 萴, 䈟, 𢝔

Related characters

• 则 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1994
• Dae Jaweon: page 317, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 340, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5247

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Chinese

trad.		則
simp.		则
alternative forms		𠞋 𠟔 𠟻 𠟭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 則
Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)			Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Shizhoupian script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (則) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
廁	*sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則	*ʔsɯːɡ
賊	*zɯːɡ
鰂	*zɯːɡ
鱡	*zɯːɡ
蠈	*zɯːɡ
側	*ʔsrɯɡ
萴	*ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測	*sʰrɯɡ
惻	*sʰrɯɡ
崱	*zrɯɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 鼎 (“ding, a bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals”) + 刂 (“knife”). 鼎 was simplified as 貝 in the Small seal script. Cf. 貞 (OC *teŋ, “to divine; righteous; firm”), which underwent similar development.

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 則

1. rule; law; regulation
2. standard; example
3. to follow an example
4. Classifier for news, writings, stories, or narratives: item

   一則寓言／一则寓言  ―  yī zé yùyán  ―  a fable

5. conjunction used to indicate sequence of events; and
6. conjunction used to indicate cause and effect; so; thus
7. conjunction used to indicate contrast; but; on the other hand
8. conjunction used between two identical or near-identical words to indicate concession; it is ... but it ...

   • 美則美矣，抑臣亦有懼也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     美则美矣，抑臣亦有惧也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Měi zé měi yǐ, yì chén yì yǒu jù yě. [Pinyin]

     Beautiful as it may be, there is still something that I fear.

   • 治則治矣，非書意也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     治则治矣，非书意也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Zhì zé zhì yǐ, fēi shū yì yě. [Pinyin]

     Well-governed as it was, it had never been the letter's intended effect.

   • 馬則吾馬，齒亦老矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     马则吾马，齿亦老矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Mǎ zé wú mǎ, chǐ yì lǎo yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Although the horses are indeed the same horses of mine, some ageing still shows on the teeth.

9. particle used as the copula
10. particle used after numerals to list reasons

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 則 – see 才 (“(Min Nan)”). (This character is a variant form of 才).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

則

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: のり (nori, 則)、のっとる (nottoru, 則る)、すなわち (sunawachi, 則ち)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
則
そく Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 則 (MC tsok, “rule”).

Counter

則(そく) • (-soku) 

1. counter for rules

Noun

則(そく) • (soku) 

1. rule

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 獄(ごく)則(そく) (gokusoku, “prison rules”)
• 鉄(てっ)則(そく) (tessoku, “ironclad regulation”)
• 反(はん)則(そく) (hansoku), 犯(はん)則(そく) (hansoku, “violation of the rules”)
• 変(へん)則(そく) (hensoku, “irregularity; anomaly”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
則
のり Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 法, 矩

Noun

則(のり) • (nori) 

1. law

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Korean

Etymology 1

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 즉 (jeuk) based on Middle Chinese 則 (MC tsok).

Historical Readings
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1]	법즉 즉	Recorded as Middle Korean 즉 (cuk) (Yale: cuk) in Gwangju Cheonjamun (光州千字文 / 광주천자문), 1575.
Early Modern Korean
Text	Final (韻)	Reading
Samun Seonghwi, 1751	법 즉	Recorded as Early Modern Korean 즉 (Yale: cuk) in Juhae Cheonjamun (註解千字文 / 주해천자문), 1804.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰik̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [칙]

Hanja

Wikisource

則 (eumhun 법칙 칙 (beopchik chik))

1. hanja form^? of 칙 (“rule; law; regulation”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 규칙 (規則, gyuchik)
• 법칙 (法則, beopchik)
• 변칙 (變則, byeonchik)
• 원칙 (原則, wonchik)
• 총칙 (總則, chongchik)
• 반칙 (反則, banchik)
• 준칙 (準則, junchik)
• 철칙 (鐵則, cheolchik)
• 헌칙 (憲則, heonchik)
• 수칙 (守則, suchik)
• 부칙 (附則, buchik)
• 본칙 (本則, bonchik)
• 교칙 (校則, gyochik)
• 학칙 (學則, hakchik)
• 각칙 (各則, gakchik)
• 내칙 (內則, naechik)
• 대칙 (大則, daechik)
• 사칙 (四則, sachik)
• 벌칙 (罰則, beolchik)
• 정칙 (正則, jeongchik)
• 천칙 (天則, cheonchik)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 則 (MC tsok).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean 즉〮 (Yale: cúk) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Early Modern Korean
Text	Final (韻)	Reading
Samun Seonghwi, 1751	곳 즉	Recorded as Early Modern Korean 즉 (Yale: cuk) in Juhae Cheonjamun (註解千字文 / 주해천자문), 1804.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɯk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [즉]

Hanja

則 (eumhun 곧 즉 (got jeuk))

1. (literary Chinese) hanja form^? of 즉 (“(grammar) particle in literary Chinese texts”)
   • 1818, Jeong Yakyong, (deprecated template usage) 정약용(丁若鏞), “(deprecated template usage) 율기(律己) (yulgi)”, in (deprecated template usage) 목민심서(牧民心書) (mongminsimseo):

     簡其騶率。溫其顏色。以詢以訪。則民無不悅矣。

     간기추률. 온기안색. 이순이방. 즉민무불열의. (gan'gichuryul. on'giansaek. isunibang. jeungminmuburyeorui.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compounds

Compounds

• 연즉 (然則, yeonjeuk)
• 과즉 (過則, gwajeuk)
• 언즉시야 (言則是也, eonjeuksiya)
• 사즉동혈 (死則同穴, sajeukdonghyeol)
• 물구즉신 (物久則神, mulgujeuksin)
• 수즉다욕 (壽則多辱, sujeukdayok)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Vietnamese

Han character

則: Hán Việt readings: tắc, trắc
則: Nôm readings: tắc, tấc, trắc

1. chữ Hán form of tắc (“law; regulation”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 法則 (phép tắc)