律令制

Japanese

Kanji in this term
律	令	制
りつ Grade: 6	りょう Grade: 4	せい Grade: 5
goon		on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りつりょーせー [rìtsúryóóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲit͡sɨᵝɾʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

律(りつ)令(りょう)制(せい) • (ritsuryōsei) ^{←りつりやうせい (rituryausei)?}

1. (historical) ritsuryō aristocracy; the fundamental political system established by the Taihō Code and Yōrō Code, modeled on the Tang dynasty Chinese system [8th to 10th century]