りやう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of りやう – see the following entries.

【令れいりょう】4 [noun] (law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the 律りつ (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令りつりょう (Ritsuryō) system [affix] order, command, decree [affix] law, ordinance, rule [proper noun] a female given name

【量りょうりょう】4 [noun] volume, amount [noun] (Buddhist logic) pramana

(This term, りやう (ryau), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as りやう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as りやう.)