规

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compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

见 meaning “observe” + 夫 sound ( fū )

Components 夫见

regulations · Heisig RSH #727

夫 husband + 见 see

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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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

Characters sharing the sound component 夫 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
夫 sound part	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