レツ, ラツ, ラチ, らち.があく, かこ.い

picket, limits, be settled

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

is claw/hand + here an abbreviated form of snatch → pick/pluck then enclose an object in the fingertips or hand. is as per # (enclose) + earth → earthen *enclosure* or embankment. Also, *framework* and *restriction* (← delimit human behavior ← enclosure; compare , , and ).

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