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规律 (guī lǜ): meaning and stroke order

规律 (guī lǜ) means rule (e.g. of science), law of behavior, regular pattern, rhythm, discipline.

规律

Simplified
规律
Traditional
規律
Pinyin
guī lǜ

Stroke order of 规律

规

  • guī variant of 規|规[gui1]
  • guī compass; a rule
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 槼

Stroke by stroke

律

  • Lǜ surname Lü
  • lǜ law
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 规律

  1. guī lǜ Traditional 規律
    • rule (e.g. of science)
    • law of behavior
    • regular pattern
    • rhythm
    • discipline

Radicals of the characters

规
Radical 见 (Kangxi radical 147) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 夫 on the left, 见 on the right
律
Radical 彳 (Kangxi radical 60) · 9 strokes · 彳 on the left, 聿 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

规律 in our stories

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  • 三十四岁的会计殷悦第一次报名参加马拉松，是因为体检报告上的一行字：“长期压力过大，建议规律运动。”

    sānshísì suì de kuàijì Yīn Yuè dì-yī cì bàomíng cānjiā mǎlāsōng shì yīnwèi tǐjiǎn bàogào shàng de yì háng zì chángqī yālì guò dà jiànyì guīlǜ yùndòng

    Yin Yue, a thirty-four-year-old accountant, signed up for her first marathon because of one line in her health-check report: "Long-term excessive stress; regular exercise recommended."

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 规律

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).