懂中文 Dong Chinese

法

fǎ

law

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Originally written as 灋.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

Likely alludes to water always flowing in a given path, or water always being flat and level.

去 sound component

去  Sound component

qù

  

go away

Evolution

法 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
法 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
法 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
法 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

法  

fǎ

law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French; law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist

法  

Fǎ

France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ​guó]; Taiwan pr. [Fà]

法 (㳒) 

fǎ

variant of 法[fǎ]

法 (灋) 

fǎ

old variant of 法[fǎ]

Most common words with 法
Freq.
Word
Meaning

无法

unable

办法

means

方法

method

法

law

法律

law