Kanji

勅

imperial order

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

力部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

チョク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いましめる, みことのり

Nanori (Name Reading)

ただ, て, とき

Common Readings

チョク

Example sentences

勅命 ちょくめい
彼は勅命を受けて、遠くの地へ旅立った

He received an imperial order and set off for a distant land.

詔勅 しょうちょく
天皇は詔勅を発して、新しい法律を公布した。

The Emperor issued an imperial edict and promulgated a new law.

玉璽 ぎょくじ
その詔勅には玉璽が押されていた

The imperial seal was stamped on the imperial rescript.

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