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法 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ホウ・ハッ・ホッほう・はっ・ほっ · hō · ha · ho
Kun
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Meaning
law; method, way

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally combined 氵 (water), 去, and 廌, a mythical beast that judged right from wrong; means fair rules, hence 'law'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホウほうhō法律ほうりつ文法ぶんぽう方法ほうほう
Onハッはっha法度はっと
Onホッほっho法主ほうしゅ

「法主」は，「ホウシュ」とも。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 方法ほうほう

    method

  • 法律ほうりつ

    law

More words with this kanji

  • 泳法えいほう
  • 憲法けんぽう
  • 寸法すんぽう
  • 魔法まほう
  • 遵法じゅんぽう
  • 法廷ほうてい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

正(ただ)しい計算(けいさん)の方法(ほうほう)を習(なら)った。

I learned the correct method of calculation.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ホウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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