规
compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #718 U+89C4
How 规 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
见 (semantic, “observe”) + 夫 (phonetic, fū)
How to remember it
regulations · Heisig RSH #727
夫 husband + 见 see
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夫 (fū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夫 sound component | fū | man, husband; worker; those |
| 扶 | fú | to support, to protect, to help |
| 肤 | fū | skin; shallow, superficial |
| 芙 | fú | lotus; hibiscus |
| 麸 | fū | bran |
| 趺 | fū | to sit cross-legged; tarsus, instep |
| 呋 | fū | used in transliterations |
| 蚨 | fú | a kind of water beetle; cash, dollars, money |
Words containing 规
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明文规定 | míng wén guī dìng | expressly stipulated (in writing) |
| 大规模杀伤性武器 | dà guī mó shā shāng xìng wǔ qì | weapon of mass destruction |
| 土地利用规划 | tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà | land use plan (official P.R.C. government term) |
| 子规 | zǐ guī | cuckoo |
| 不规则三角形 | bù guī zé sān jiǎo xíng | scalene triangle (math.) |
| 正规军 | zhèng guī jūn | regular army; standing army |
| 家规 | jiā guī | family rules; family code of conduct |
| 半规管 | bàn guī guǎn | (anatomy) semicircular canal |
| 法规 | fǎ guī | legislation; statute |
| 常规武器 | cháng guī wǔ qì | conventional weapon |
| 合规 | hé guī | compliance |
| 日规 | rì guī | sundial |
| 新规 | xīn guī | new rule |
| 成规 | chéng guī | established rules; the beaten track |
| 定规 | dìng guī | to decide; to determine; established practice; (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth) |
| 规定 | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; r… |
| 不规则四边形 | bù guī zé sì biān xíng | irregular quadrilateral; trapezium |
| 交规 | jiāo guī | traffic rules (abbr. for 交通規則|交通规则[jiao1 tong1 gui1 ze2]) |
| 正规教育 | zhèng guī jiào yù | regular education |
| 不以规矩，不能成方圆 | bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán | without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules |