纪律

jìlù · HSK 4

discipline

📏 纪 = record/order + 律 = law/rule → recorded rules = discipline

纪 (jì) means record or order (silk radical 糸, suggesting threads of organization), and 律 (lǜ) means law or statute. Together they form the codified rules that govern conduct — discipline.

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