Memory phrase for the character: 則

則

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Meaning

rule, follow, model

Pronunciation

SOKU
nori, nottoru

Explanation

 Left: money 貝 (cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八), right: knife刂

Mnemonic
 
Money [= the capital] and knives [= violence] determine the rules to follow.

Radicals

則 rule, follow
貝 moneyShows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.
刂 cutVariation of sword 刀




 Vocabulary

規則 きそく  rule, regulations
原則 げんそく  principle, general rule
不規則 ふきそく  irregularity, unsteadiness, disorderly
法則 ほうそく  law, rule
則る のっとる  be guided by, follow

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