りつりょう
Meanings
Noun
1. criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
Kanji used
regulate
orders
Pitch accent
つりょう
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes