Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Kun:
のり
On:
ホウハッホッフラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 法 【ホウ】 law, act, principle, method, mood, dharma, law
  • 法案 【ホウアン】 bill (law), measure
  • 航法 【コウホウ】 sailing, navigation
  • 会社更生法 【カイシャコウセイホウ】 Corporate Rehabilitation Law
  • 法被 【ハッピ】 happi coat, happy coat, workman's livery coat, traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
  • 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
  • 法師 【ホウシ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, layman dressed like a priest, person
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra

Kun reading compounds

  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 法の筵 【のりのむしろ】 preaching place
  • 内法 【うちのり】 inside measure
  • 外法 【そとのり】 outside measurements

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa3, fa4
Korean:
beob

Spanish

  • método
  • ley
  • doctrina

Portuguese

  • método
  • lei
  • regra
  • princípio
  • modelo
  • sistema

French

  • méthode
  • loi
  • règle
  • principe
  • modèle
  • système
513 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
584 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
145 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
213 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
676 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
824 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1181 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
391 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
295 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
758 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17290 Morohashi
333 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3107 New Nelson (John Haig)
751 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
516 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371 2001 Kanji
3a5.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3413.1 Four corner code
1-43-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cd5 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
courts, imperial court, government office
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1439 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廷臣 【テイシン】 courtier
  • 廷丁 【テイテイ】 court attendant
  • 朝廷 【チョウテイ】 Imperial Court
  • 閉廷 【ヘイテイ】 adjourning court

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting2
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • tribunales
  • oficina pública

Portuguese

  • quadras
  • quadra imperial
  • escritório de governo

French

  • tribunaux
  • cour impériale
  • bureau du gouvernement
1610 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1493 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1417 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1264 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
501 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1163 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1211 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
598 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3795 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1938 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2631 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
520 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9571X Morohashi
3058 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1654 New Nelson (John Haig)
508 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
547 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1120 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2q4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3-2-4 SKIP code
1240.1 Four corner code
1-36-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ef7 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
minster, official
Parts:
look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
Kun:
のぞ.む
On:
リン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
722 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 臨界 【リンカイ】 boundary, (nuclear) criticality, critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
  • 臨海 【リンカイ】 coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime
  • 意臨 【イリン】 copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy), copying freely
  • 形臨 【ケイリン】 copying calligraphy from a model

Kun reading compounds

  • 臨む 【のぞむ】 to look out on, to overlook, to front onto, to face (a situation, crisis, etc.), to meet (e.g. death), to be confronted by, to deal with (an issue), to attend (e.g. a function), to appear (e.g. in court), to be present at, to go to (e.g. a place), to take part in, to participate, to join

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rim

Spanish

  • asistir
  • encontrar
  • encarar
  • enfrentarse
  • confrontar

Portuguese

  • considerar
  • enfrentar
  • reunião
  • confrontar
  • coparecer
  • invocar

French

  • faire face à
  • rencontrer
  • affronter
  • assister à
  • passer voir
  • se rendre sur place
  • exceptionnel
880 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1004 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
994 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
897 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3840 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
783 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1683 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
836 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
855 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1229 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1806 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2059 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1083 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1470 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
862 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30087 Morohashi
1630 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4899 New Nelson (John Haig)
854 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
918 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1004 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3477 2001 Kanji
2t15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
1-6-11 SKIP code
7876.6 Four corner code
1-46-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81e8 Unicode hex code