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Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order
Han character
法 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水土戈 (EGI ), four-corner 34131 , composition ⿰氵 去 )
Derived characters
𠵽 , 𭡚 , 𦝌 , 琺 , 鍅 , 𪶏 , 𭱇 , 𬈅 , 𧇦 , 𭓼 , 𦲾 , 𪾁 , 𪴹 , 䦢 , 𬰂 , 𢌇 , 𦝎 , 𤀢 , 𪫚 , 𠎢
Related characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 616 , character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17290
Dae Jaweon: page 1010, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1579, character 4
Unihan data for U+6CD5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
法
*pqab
灋
*pqab
Simplified from earlier 灋 , which was originally used to represent 廢 (OC *pads , “to cast aside; to abrogate”).
Etymology 1
Sino-Tibetan . Cognate with Tibetan བབས ( babs , “ shape, form, appearance ” ) , དབྱིབས ( dbyibs , “ shape, form, figure ” ) . Possibly cognate with 凡 (OC *bom , “all, general, every; pattern, general rule”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : fǎ , fā , fá (fa3 , fa1 , fa2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄈㄚˇ, ㄈㄚ, ㄈㄚˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : fa2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : фа (fa, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : faat3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : fat2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : fat6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : fap
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : fab5
Jin (Wiktionary ) : fah4
Northern Min (KCR ) : huă
Eastern Min (BUC ) : huák
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hoat
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : huab4 / huag4
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : fa6
Note :
fǎ - normal pronunciation;
fā - used in some colloquial words (e.g. 法兒 (“method”) in 沒 法兒 and 想 個 法兒 );
fá - used in 法子 (“method”) and 法兒 (“method”).
Note :
huab4 - Chaozhou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping, Pontianak;
huag4 - Shantou, Chenghai.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
法
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
fǎ
Middle Chinese
‹ pjop ›
Old Chinese
/*ap/
English
model, law
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
法
Reading #
1/1
No.
2867
Phonetic component
法
Rime group
盍
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
法
Old Chinese
/*pqab/
Notes
說 文 灋 省 文
Definitions
法
law ; rule ; regulation ; statute
法 院 ― fǎ yuàn ― court of law
立法 ― lìfǎ ― to legislate
犯法 ― fànfǎ ― to break the law
普通法 ― pǔtōngfǎ ― common law
著作權法 / 著作权法 ― zhùzuòquánfǎ ― copyright law
norm ; standard ; model ; example
法 書/ 法 书 ― fǎ shū ― model calligraphy
語法 / 语法 ― yǔfǎ ― grammar
to imitate ; to emulate
效法 ― xiàofǎ ― to imitate
師法 / 师法 ― shīfǎ ― to imitate
method ; way ; solution
歸納法 / 归纳法 ― guīnàfǎ ― inductive reasoning
有 法 [Hokkien ] ― ū hoat [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― to be able to; can; to have a way to do something
( Buddhism ) dharma ; principle of the universe ; teachings of Buddha
法 輪/ 法 轮 ― fǎ lún ― dharma chakra
末 法 時期 / 末 法 时期 ― mò fǎ shíqī ― Dharma -ending age
magic ; magic arts ; sorcery ; witchcraft
施法 ― shīfǎ ― to cast a spell
40th tetragram of the Taixuanjing ; "law" (𝌭 )
( Cantonese ) such a way
而家 噉 搞 法 我 都 唔 知 點算 好 。 [Cantonese , trad. ] 而家 噉 搞 法 我 都 唔 知 点算 好 。 [Cantonese , simp. ] ji4 gaa1 gam2 gaau2 faat3 ngo5 dou1 m4 zi1 dim2 syun3 hou2 . (please add an English translation of this usage example)
a surname
Usage notes
Compounds
Descendants
Others :
→ Proto-Tai
Lao: ແບບ ( bǣp , “ form; model, standard, example; method; style, manner; brand, type ” )
Thai: แบบ ( bɛ̀ɛp , “ kind; design, pattern; style; type; model ” )
→ Khmer: បែប ( baep , “ kind, sort, model, type; style, form, shape; aspect; method, way, situation, condition ” )
→ Vietnamese: phép ( “ rule, custom, usage, method; permission, authorisation; magical power ” )
→ Manchu: ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ ( fafun , “ law; rule; punishment ” )
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Note :
huab4 - Chaozhou;
huag4 - Shantou.
Definitions
法
Short for 法蘭西 / 法兰西 (Fǎlánxī , “France ”).
法 語/ 法 语 ― fǎ yǔ ― French language
法 棍 ― fǎ gùn ― French stick
Usage notes
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
法
Short for 法拉 (fǎlā , “farad ”).
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
法
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji )
method
law , rule
principle
model
system
Readings
Go-on : ほう ( hō , Jōyō ) ←ほふ ( fofu , historical )
Kan-on : ほう ( hō , Jōyō ) ←はふ ( fafu , historical )
Kan’yō-on : はっ ( ha' , Jōyō † ) ←はふ ( fafu , historical ) ; ほっ ( ho' , Jōyō † ) ←ほふ ( fofu , historical )
Kun : おきて ( okite , 法 ) ; のっとる ( notto ru , 法る ) ; のり ( nori , 法 )
Nanori : かず ( kazu ) ; つね ( tsune ) ; はかる ( hakaru )
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 法 (MC pjop ). Originally, the kan'on was はふ ( fafu ) , and the goon was ほふ ( fofu ) , although both became ほう ( hō ) in modern Japanese. It is suggested that the kan'on was used in the general senses, while the goon was used in Buddhist contexts.
Pronunciation
Noun
法( ほう ) • (hō ) ←はふ ( fafu ) ?
principle
law
code of law
method
etiquette
( Buddhism ) dharma
( grammar ) mood
( mathematics ) divisor
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 法 – see the following entry.
(This term, 法 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Etymology 3
From French franc .
Pronunciation
Noun
法( フラン ) • (furan )
Alternative spelling of フラン
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : NHK Publishing , →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , →ISBN
2002 , Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary , Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN .
Korean
Hanja
法 (eumhun 법 법 ( beop beop ) )
Hanja form? of 법 ( “ law ” ) .
Vietnamese
Han character
法 : Hán Việt readings: pháp
法 : Nôm readings: pháp , phép , phấp , phăm , phắp , bắp , mép
chữ Hán form of pháp ( “ law , method , standard ” ) .
chữ Hán form of Pháp ( “ France , French ” ) .
Nôm form of phép ( “ custom , permission ” ) .
Derived terms
References