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秩序 (ちつじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Meanings 1
noun
order ; discipline ; regularity ; system
Refers to a state where things are arranged or conducted according to rules, principles, or a coherent system. Often used in social, organizational, and abstract contexts.
この 組そ 織しき に は 明めい 確かく な 秩ちつ 序じょ が 欠か け て いる 。
This organization lacks clear order.
Kanji 秩 regularity, salary, order 序 preface, beginning, order Similar words 順じゅん 序じょ 順序 refers to a sequential order or arrangement (first, second, third), while 秩序 is about a state of orderly coherence or systematic discipline.
整せい 然ぜん 整然 is an adjective/adverb meaning 'orderly' or 'neat' in a physical or procedural sense, whereas 秩序 is a noun describing the abstract concept of order.
Etymology From Chinese 秩序 (zhìxù), composed of 秩 'regularity, order' and 序 'order, sequence'. The Japanese reading ちつじょ is the on'yomi of the characters.
