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

8 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
clothing, admit, obey, discharge
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
873 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 服 【フク】 clothes (esp. Western clothes), counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
  • 服役 【フクエキ】 penal servitude, serving time in prison, military service, forced labor, compulsory service
  • 私服 【シフク】 ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform), plain clothes, civilian clothes, casual wear, mufti, plainclothes police officer
  • 呉服 【ゴフク】 cloth (for Japanese clothes), kimono fabrics, textile, drapery, dry goods, piece goods, silk fabrics

Readings

Japanese names:
はっ、 はつ、 はら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2, fu4
Korean:
bog

Spanish

  • ropa
  • admitir
  • obedecer

Portuguese

  • vestuário
  • permitir
  • obedecer
  • descarregar

French

  • habillement
  • admettre
  • obéir
  • libérer (renvoi)
  • avaler (médicament)
505 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
408 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
385 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
534 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3741 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
306 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
618 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
683 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
696 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
317 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1004 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1090 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
782 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1411 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14345P Morohashi
878 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4775 New Nelson (John Haig)
1399 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1501 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
476 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
312 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3967 2001 Kanji
4b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-41-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
670d Unicode hex code