法 — Chinese character
法
fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
- Pinyin
- fǎ
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 氵 去
- Formation
- ideographic — The course 去 followed by a stream 氵
- Japanese
- 法 as a kanji
Common words with 法
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 办法 (辦法) | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; 条 (tiáo) |
| 宪法 (憲法) | xiàn fǎ | constitution (of a country); measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 合法 | hé fǎ | lawful; legitimate |
| 法院 | fǎ yuàn | court of law; court |
| 法规 (法規) | fǎ guī | legislation; statute |
| 非法 | fēi fǎ | illegal |
| 想法 | xiǎng fǎ | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) |
| 立法 | lì fǎ | to enact laws; to legislate |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
English words written with 法
法 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 2 · Art of War 21 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 34 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 57
- Analects 9.23
- Analects 20.1
- Art of War 1.4
- Art of War 1.10
- Art of War 1.13
- Art of War 2.1
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