[りつ, ritsu](n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) { Buddh } vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律, 呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to#6911[Add to Longdo]