律 りつ

ritsu

1. law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation

2. vinaya (rules for the monastic community)

3. Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

4. lüshi (style of Chinese poem)

5. (musical) pitch

6. six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

7. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

8. step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)