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Kanji Information Sheet for 法 ( 
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| English: method law rule principle model system | On-Yomi: ホウ ハッ ホッ フラン | Kun-Yomi: のり ほ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 水 (みず) – water
Henshall Mnemonic: constrained by law to leave water
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #100 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #100 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
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Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 方法 [ほうほう]
(n) method; process; manner; way; means; technique [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法 [ほう]
(n,n-suf) Act (law: the X Act) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 憲法 [けんぽう]
(n) constitution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 作法 [さほう]
(n) manners; etiquette; propriety [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 法案 [ほうあん]
(n) bill (law) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 立法 [りっぽう]
(n) legislation; lawmaking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法学 [ほうがく]
(n) law; jurisprudence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法廷 [ほうてい]
(n) courtroom [K] [D] [Jisho] - 司法 [しほう]
(n) administration of justice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手法 [しゅほう]
(n) technique [K] [D] [Jisho] - 製法 [せいほう]
(n) manufacturing method; recipe; formula [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 国際法 [こくさいほう]
(n) international laws [K] [D] [Jisho] - 遠近法 [えんきんほう]
(n) perspective [K] [D] [Jisho] - 方法論 [ほうほうろん]
(n) methodology [K] [D] [Jisho] - 特殊法人 [とくしゅほうじん]
semigovernmental corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民法 [みんぽう]
(n) civil law; civil code [K] [D] [Jisho] - 基準法 [きじゅんほう]
basic law [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取締法 [とりしまりほう]
control law [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税法 [ぜいほう]
(n) taxation law [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法医学 [ほういがく]
(n) legal medicine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航法 [こうほう]
(n) sailing; navigation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法王 [ほうおう]
(n) Pope [K] [D] [Jisho] - 立法府 [りっぽうふ]
(n) assize [K] [D] [Jisho] - 商法 [しょうほう]
(n) trade; business; commerce; commercial law [K] [D] [Jisho] - 禁止法 [きんしほう]
(n) negative statute; law against something [K] [D] [Jisho] - 刑法 [けいほう]
(n) criminal law; penal code [K] [D] [Jisho] - 戦法 [せんぽう]
(n) tactics; strategy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法外 [ほうがい]
(adj-na,n) exorbitant; outrageous [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法学部 [ほうがくぶ]
(n) law department; law school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法規 [ほうき]
(n) the law; laws and regulations [K] [D] [Jisho] - 工法 [こうほう]
(n) method of construction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法師 [ほうし]
(n) Buddhist priest; bonze [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法治国 [ほうちこく]
(n) constitutional state [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法人 [ほうじん]
(n) juridical (legal) person; corporate body; corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法制 [ほうせい]
(n) legislation; laws [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法制局 [ほうせいきょく]
(n) Cabinet Legislation Bureau [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.