則

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

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

• 则 (Simplified Chinese)

Wikidata

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

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 鼎 (“ding, a bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals”) + 刂 (“knife”). 鼎 was simplified as 貝 in the Small seal script.

則

1. rule; law; regulation
2. standard; example
3. to follow an example
4. Classifier for news and writings: item
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 words to indicate concession; it is ... but it ...
9. particle used as the copula
10. particle used after numerals to list reasons

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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• 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)

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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そ​く [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

則 (hiragana そく, rōmaji -soku)

1. counter for rules

則 (hiragana そく, rōmaji soku)

1. rule

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) のり​ [nòríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [no̞ɾʲi]

• 法, 矩

則 (hiragana のり, rōmaji nori)

1. law

則 (eumhun 법칙 칙 (beopchik chik))

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

則 (eumhun 곧 즉 (got jeuk))

1. Hanja form^? of 즉 (“(grammar) particle in literary Chinese texts”).
   • 1818, Jeong Yakyong, 정약용(丁若鏞), “율기(律己) (yulgi)”, in 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 quote)

則: Hán Việt readings: tắc[1][2][3][4][5], trắc[1]
則: Nôm readings: tắc[1][2][3][4][6], tấc[1][2], trắc[1]

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