(fǎ, ㄈㄚˇ) law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; abbr. for France [CE-DICT]
律
(りつ) (n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to [EDICT]
(jiē, ㄐㄧㄝ) to bear fruit; to produce; firm; solid [CE-DICT]
(jié, ㄐㄧㄝˊ) knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel) [CE-DICT]
束
(そく) (n,n-suf) (1) {math} lattice; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows) [EDICT]
(つか) (n) (1) strut; short vertical post; (2) thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (3) (arch) (See 束・そく) handbreadth; bundle [EDICT]