勅みことのり

also: ちょく · しょう

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Meanings

noun

imperial decree; imperial edict

A command, proclamation, or edict issued by an emperor. The word belongs mainly to historical, classical, legal-historical, or imperial contexts; 勅 is typically read ちょく, while 詔 is often read みことのり in older or literary usage.

天皇てんのうの勅ちょくにより、使し者しゃが派は遣けんされた。
By imperial decree, an envoy was dispatched.
古こ代だいの天皇てんのうは詔みことのりを出だして方ほう針しんを示しめした。
Ancient emperors issued imperial edicts to state their policies.

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Usage patterns

詔みことのりを発はっするto issue an imperial edict
天皇てんのうは新あたらしい法ほう律りつについて詔みことのりを発はっした。
The emperor issued an imperial edict concerning the new law.
詔みことのりを下くだすto hand down an imperial edict
皇こう帝ていは改かい元げんの詔みことのりを下くだした。
The emperor handed down an edict changing the era name.
詔みことのりに従したがうto obey an imperial edict
臣しん下かたちは詔みことのりに従したがって軍ぐんを集あつめた。
The vassals gathered an army in obedience to the imperial edict.

Kanji

詔imperial edict
勅imperial order
御honorable, manipulate, govern
言say, word
宣proclaim, say, announce

Related words

勅ちょく令れい
勅令 is the specific legal-historical term for an imperial ordinance under the prewar constitutional system, while 勅 is the general word for any imperial edict or proclamation.
詔しょう書しょ
詔書 refers to the actual written document that records an imperial edict, whereas 勅 denotes the edict or command itself, spoken or written.
勅ちょく語ご
勅語 emphasizes the emperor's formal spoken words or address, while 勅 is the broader term for the decree or order behind such words.
勅ちょく命めい
勅命 stresses a direct imperial command to act, while 勅 more generally covers any proclamation or edict issued by the emperor.

Don't confuse with

勅ちょく使し
勅使 is the imperial envoy who delivers or represents the emperor's will, a person, whereas 勅 is the edict or order itself, not a person.

Written forms

勅Usage39%
- ちょく
  High-priority spelling and reading; used for an imperial command or edict, especially in historical and formal contexts.
- みことのり
  Attested native reading of 勅, but 勅 is much more practically read ちょく in modern reference use.
詔Usage59%
- みことのり
  Native Japanese reading for an imperial edict; common in historical, classical, or literary contexts.
- しょう
  Attested on-reading of 詔; learners are more likely to meet 詔 as みことのり or in compounds such as 詔書.
みことのりUsage2%
御み言こと宣のり
Old explanatory-style spelling for みことのり; useful for recognition, but not a normal modern spelling.
しょう
ちょく

Etymology

みことのり is a native term traditionally associated with the spelling 御言宣, roughly 'august words/proclamation.' 勅 and 詔 are conventional kanji spellings for imperial edicts; no detailed historical derivation is specified.