十二律

Chinese

		twelve; 12	law
simp. and trad. (十二律)		十二	律

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí'èrlǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄌㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èrlǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èrlyù
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh⁴-lü⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-èr-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrellliuh
    • Palladius: шиэрлюй (šierljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹/

Noun

十二律

1. (music) Shi'erlü, a standardized gamut of twelve chromatic pitches used in Chinese court ritual music since ancient times

Hyponyms

• (shi'er-lü) 十二律 (shí'èrlǜ); 黃鍾 / 黄钟 (huángzhōng), 大呂 / 大吕, 太簇, 夾鐘 / 夹钟, 姑冼 (gūxiǎn), 仲呂 / 仲吕, 蕤賓 / 蕤宾, 林鐘 / 林钟, 夷則 / 夷则 (yízé), 南呂 / 南吕, 無射 / 无射, 應鐘 / 应钟

See also

• 律呂譜
• 律呂字譜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
十	二	律
じゅう Grade: 1	に Grade: 1	りつ Grade: 6
goon		kan'on

Noun

十(じゅう)二(に)律(りつ) • (jūniritsu) 

1. (music) standardized gamut of twelve chromatic pitches used in traditional Japanese music

   Hyponyms: 壱越, 断金, 平調, 勝絶, 下無, 双調, 鳧鐘, 黄鐘, 鸞鏡, 盤渉, 神仙, 上無

See also

• 三分損益法(さんぶんそんえきほう) (sanbunson'ekihō)