テン, デン, すけ, つね, の, のり

code, ceremony, law, rule

JLPT1 G4 S8 F1055

The relevant seal inscription form combines an abbreviated form# of (neat, logical assemblage of bound records) + a stand/table → heavy assemblage of records on a stand/table → *code*; *tome* (← record of weighty rules and laws) → *ceremony* (← ceremony conducted according to written rules).

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