則

音読おんよみ: ソク

訓読くんよみ: のっとる・
すなわち・のり

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: 刂（りっとう）

Meaning

Rule / Law / Standard / Norm

  • Basic forms
  • 則る — to follow; to be based on / base form
  • 則ります — follows; is based on / masu form
  • 則った — followed; was based on / ta form
  • 則って — following; based on and … / te-form
  • 則らない — does not follow / negative
  • 則れば — if (it) follows / conditional
  • Common uses
  • 規則に則る — follow the rules
  • 法律に則って — in accordance with the law
  • 前例に則る — follow precedent
  • More
  • 原則に則った判断 — a decision based on principles

則る（のっとる） is a godan verb. It is used mainly in **formal or written contexts** to mean “to follow” or “to act in accordance with” rules, laws, principles, or precedents.

  • 規則きそく — rule; regulation
  • 法則ほうそく — law (of nature); principle
  • 原則げんそく — general rule
  • 鉄則てっそく — ironclad rule
  • 変則へんそく — irregularity; anomaly
  • 反則はんそく — foul; infraction
  • 校則こうそく — school rules

刂 (knife) suggests precise cutting or delineation; combined with the phonetic element, the character came to mean a standard to follow — a rule, law, or norm.

学校がっこうの 規則きそくを 守まもりましょう。
Let’s follow the school rules.

自然しぜんの 法則ほうそくには 逆さからえない。
You can’t go against the laws of nature.

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Creates
規則きそく — rule; regulation
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