秩 means “order, regularity”

ちつ · chitsu

Also: salary

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チツ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

Grain (禾) beside 失, to lose: picture sheaves stacked in rows so not one goes missing. 秩 lives in 秩序, order, as in 社会秩序, public order, and in 秩父, the mountain town in Saitama known for its winter night festival.

Used in 秩序 (chitsujo, order), 無秩序 (muchitsujo, disorder), and 秩父 (chichibu, a city in Saitama)

More from Order & Rank

• 衡 balance
• 逓 relay
• 逐 pursue
• 頓 tidy
• 汰 weed out
• 率 rate
• 整 arrange
• 級 grade
• 序 order
• 斉 all together

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.