Meaning: てんそくn. (Kanji=典則) regulations, rules, statutes, lawsn. (Kanji=天則) natural law, rule of heaven, principles based on reason nature or religionn. (Kanji=天測) astronomical observation, shooting the sunn. (Kanji=纒足) foot binding, Chinese cultural practice in which a young girl's toes were curled under the feet and tightly bound with linen in order to prevent the feet from growing too large (outlawed in 1911)