规

variant of 規|规[gui1]

compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

irregular

compass (drafting)

scalene triangle (math.)

irregular quadrilateral / trapezium

not standard / abnormal / irregular

conforming with the norms of society

traffic rules / rules of the road

construction plan

quasi-regular

(anatomy) semicircular canal

feeler gauge

compliance

Circinus (constellation)

land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)

a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)

factory regulations

shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace

traffic rules (abbr. for 交通規則|交通规则[jiao1 tong1 gui1 ze2])

ordinary provision (law)

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules