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

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
ecstasy, joy, rapture
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1762 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 悦 【エツ】 self-satisfaction, rejoicing
  • 悦に入る 【エツニイル】 to be pleased, to gloat, to glow with self-satisfaction
  • 満悦 【マンエツ】 great delight, great satisfaction, rapture
  • 怡悦 【イエツ】 rejoicing

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
  • 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
や、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue4
Korean:
yeol

Spanish

  • júbilo
  • alegría
  • regocijarse

Portuguese

  • êxtase
  • prazer

French

  • extase
  • joie
  • ravissement
1020 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1690 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1696 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1857 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1300 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1054 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1368 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1455 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1453 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
815 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
501 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
378 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
626 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10629P Morohashi
418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1868 New Nelson (John Haig)
619 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
666 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1334 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1157 2001 Kanji
4k7.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
9801.6 Four corner code
1-17-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60a6 Unicode hex code