Chinese symbol for “dharma”
佛法
fó fǎ
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dharma is 佛法 (fó fǎ), defined as: Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dharma”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法 | fǎ | law; method |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 佛法.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仿佛 | fǎng fú | to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar |
| 佛像 | fó xiàng | Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva |
| 活佛 | huó fó | Living Buddha; title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century |
| 佛经 (佛經) | fó jīng | Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dharma”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.