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法
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

method

HSK 4 N2
Abstract →Qualities
fǎ
ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン
のり
법
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Originally written as 灋.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 去 go =
法 method
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
Likely alludes to water always flowing in a given path, or water always being flat and level.
去 Phonetic component
qù go
go away, leave, depart
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Notes
Similar Characters
灋 statute (archaic)泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
法
Regular
Modern
Chinese
法 [Fǎ]
France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ​guó]; Taiwan pr. [Fà]
法 [fǎ]
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist
Japanese
法 ほう 同音

noun

  1. law; act; principle
  2. method
  3. grammar mood
  4. Buddhism dharma; law
法 、 則 、 典 、 範 、 矩 のり 同音

noun

  1. rule; law; regulation
  2. model; pattern
  3. Buddhism teachings of Buddha; Buddhist doctrine
  4. transverse measurement; measurement across
  5. engineering side-slope; slope
Korean
법 [法]
Affix
-beop; A suffix used to mean a method or a rule.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
すべての人は法の前に平等です。
Everybody is equal before the law.
これは生物の学習法としてはあまりよくないと思う。
I don't think this is a good approach to biology.
Japanese Names
法 さだむ
Sadamu given name
法 のり
Nori surname
法 はかる
Hakaru given name
法 ほうさき
Housaki surname
法 ほうしょう
Houshou given name
法 みのり
Minori female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
无法 [wú​fǎ] #417
unable
无法 [wú​fǎ] #417
unable
办法 [bàn​fǎ] #424
means
办法 [bàn​fǎ] #424
means
方法 [fāng​fǎ] #751
method
法律 [fǎ​lǜ] #992
law
想法 [xiǎng​fǎ] #694
way of thinking
法官 [fǎ​guān] #838
judge (in court)
法国 [Fǎ​guó] #1,371
France
法庭 [fǎ​tíng] #1,246
court of law
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 方法 [ほうほう] #410
method
⭐ 魔法 [まほう] #3,009
magic
⭐ 法律 [ほうりつ] #5,634
law
⭐ 法則 [ほうそく] #7,054
law
⭐ 手法 [しゅほう] #8,026
technique
魔法使い [まほうつかい] #8,159
magician
魔方陣 [まほうじん] #8,375
magic square
⭐ 乗っ取る [のっとる] #8,666
to take possession of (forcibly)
則る [のっとる] #8,666
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.)
⭐ 作法 [さほう] #10,014
manners
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (119)
방법 #2,986
way; means; manner
불법 #6,095
illegality; unlawfulness
법도 #8,561
custom; manners
마법 #10,006
magic
마법사 #14,889
wizard; sorcerer
법적 #14,921
being legal; being legalistic
법원 #15,172
court of law
법률 #18,359
law
법칙 #18,521
rule; law; regulation
요법 #22,775
remedy; therapy; treatment
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