律 [りつ] /(n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code)/regulation/(n) (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community)/(n) (3) (See 律宗) (abbr) Ritsu (school of Buddhism)/(n) (4) (See 律詩) (abbr) lüshi (style of Chinese poem)/(n) (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch/(n) (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale/(n) (7) (See 律旋) (abbr) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)/(n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)/EntL1551160/