秩
to be in order
Kanji 1580
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The 秩 kanji represents a type of orderliness way beyond the Marie Kondo kind. A life can be in order, though a sentence in the essay demonstrates what can happen: "His well-ordered life collapsed when his alcoholic brother showed up." Societies can be orderly, thanks to internalized social mores, the police, or martial law. Even the whole world has an order. Find out about all of this via 秩.
Revision history:
Apr. 7, 2023: p. 6: Changed the translated title and subtitle of a book, partly to reflect that the Japanese subtitle involves wordplay.
Feb. 3, 2023: p. 2: Changed the sample sentence about social animals by shortening the Japanese a lot and slightly modifying the English.
June 30, 2021: p. 9: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.
July 12, 2019: Originally published.
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