Hanja Analyzer
法

法 — beop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
법 법
Romanization
beop
English
law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
Mandarin
fǎ
Japanese on'yomi
ホウ, ハッ, ホッ, フラン
Japanese kun'yomi
のり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#100 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
水 (85, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
去
Unicode
U+6CD5

Parts that make up 法

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 去 갈 거sound 사람과 구멍 또는 사람이 떠나는 모양감. ‘거·겁’ 계열의 소리

How 法 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 法 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 廌, 盍.

Korean example words with 法

  • 동법同法 Korean gloss: 같은 방법
  • 구법舊法 Korean gloss: 예전의 방법
  • 기법奇法 Korean gloss: 기이한 방법
  • 점법占法 Korean gloss: 점치는 방법
  • 화법話法 Korean gloss: 말하는 방법
  • 공법工法 Korean gloss: 공사하는 방법
  • 농법農法 Korean gloss: 농사짓는 방법
  • 법정法定 Korean gloss: 법률로 규정함
  • 역법譯法 Korean gloss: 번역하는 방법
  • 창법槍法 Korean gloss: 창을 쓰는 법
  • 법살法殺 Korean gloss: 법에 의한 살인
  • 신법新法 Korean gloss: 새로 제정한 법

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 法

  • 憲法けんぽう constitution; rules; regulation
  • 方法ほうほう method; way; manner
  • 法案ほうあん bill (law); measure
  • 法人ほうじん corporation; corporate body; company
  • 法律ほうりつ law; legislation; act
  • 司法しほう administration of justice; judicature
  • 法廷ほうてい court (of law); courtroom
  • 法的ほうてき legal
  • 立法りっぽう (enactment of) legislation; lawmaking; legislative
  • 手法しゅほう technique; method
  • 不法ふほう unlawful; illegal; unreasonable
  • 法相ほうしょう Minister of Justice

Characters sharing the phonetic 去

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “법”

琺

Other hanja with radical 水

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