Character: 則
Modern (Beijing) reading: zé
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćǝ̄k
Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄k
Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄k
Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄k
Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄k
Middle Chinese: cʌk
English meaning : norm; take as a norm
Russian meaning[s]: 1) закон; уложение; правило; положение; способ; 2) образец, пример; подражать; сообразоваться; 3) тогда, то; в таком случае; тотчас; следовательно, поэтому
Shuowen gloss: 等畫物也.從刀貝.貝古之物貨也.古文則.籀文則.從鼎. [179]
Comments: In archaic inscriptions used also for 'a type of small fief'; also widely used as a connective (adversative) 'consequently, then, otherwise'. The original meaning is probably 'side' ( > 'right side, norm').
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 2912
Karlgren code: 0906 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 10.3, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 34.1, 43.3, 54.1
