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法

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See also: 灋
法 U+6CD5, 法
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CD5
← 泔
[U+6CD4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 泖 →
[U+6CD6]

Translingual

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Han character

法 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水土戈 (EGI), four-corner 34131, composition ⿰氵去)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 616, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17290
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1010, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1579, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6CD5

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 法
alternative forms 㳒
灋
𢌇
佱
𣳴
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 法
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
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Old Chinese
法 *pqab
灋 *pqab
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Characters in the same phonetic series (法) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Simplified from earlier 灋, which was originally used to represent 廢 (OC *pads, “to cast aside; to abrogate”).

Etymology 1

Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan བབས (babs, “shape, form, appearance”), དབྱིབས (dbyibs, “shape, form, figure”), Burmese ပုံ (pum, “shape, form”). Possibly cognate with 凡 (OC *bom, “all, general, every; pattern, general rule”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Variety Location 法
Mandarin Beijing /fa²¹⁴/
/fa⁵¹/
Harbin /fa²¹³/
Tianjin /fɑ⁴⁵/ ～子
/fɑ¹³/ 方～,～國
Jinan /fa²¹³/
Qingdao /fa⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /fa²⁴/
Xi'an /fa²¹/
Xining /fa⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /fa¹³/
Lanzhou /fa¹³/
Ürümqi /fa⁵¹/
Wuhan /fa²¹³/
Chengdu /fa³¹/
Guiyang /fa²¹/
Kunming /fa̠³¹/
Nanjing /fɑʔ⁵/
Hefei /fɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /faʔ²/
Pingyao /xuʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /faʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /faʔ⁵/
Suzhou /faʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /fɑʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /ho²¹³/
Hui Shexian /faʔ²¹/
Tunxi /fuːə⁵/
Xiang Changsha /fa²⁴/
Xiangtan /ɸɒ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /faʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /fap̚¹/
Taoyuan /fɑp̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /fat̚³/
Nanning /fat̚³³/
Hong Kong /fat̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /huat̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /huɑʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xua²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /huak̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /fak̚⁵/
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Rime
Character 法
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 乏 (148)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方乏切
Baxter pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨɐp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piɐp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puap̚/
Li
Rong		 /piɐp̚/
Wang
Li		 /pĭwɐp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 faat3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 法
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fǎ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjop ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[p.k]ap/
English model, law

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 法
Reading # 1/1
No. 2867
Phonetic
component		 法
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 法
Old
Chinese		 /*pqab/
Notes 說文灋省文
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Note:
  • Dialectal data

Definitions

法

  1. law; rule; regulation; statute
    法院  ―  fǎyuàn  ―  court of law
    立法  ―  lìfǎ  ―  to legislate
    犯法  ―  fànfǎ  ―  to break the law
    普通法  ―  pǔtōngfǎ  ―  common law
    著作權法／著作权法  ―  zhùzuòquánfǎ  ―  copyright law
  2. norm; standard; model; example
    法書／法书  ―  fǎshū  ―  model calligraphy
    語法／语法  ―  yǔfǎ  ―  grammar
  3. to imitate; to emulate
    效法  ―  xiàofǎ  ―  to imitate
    師法／师法  ―  shīfǎ  ―  to imitate
  4. method; way; solution
    歸納法／归纳法  ―  guīnàfǎ  ―  inductive reasoning
    有法 [Hokkien]  ―  ū hoat [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to be able to; can; to have a way to do something
    哪能讀法？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
    哪能读法？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
    6na-nen6 8doq-faq7 [Wugniu]
    How do you read this?
  5. (Buddhism) dharma; principle of the universe; teachings of Buddha
    法輪／法轮  ―  fǎlún  ―  dharmachakra
    末法時期／末法时期  ―  mò fǎ shíqī  ―  Dharma-ending age
  6. magic; magic arts; sorcery; witchcraft
    施法  ―  shīfǎ  ―  to cast a spell
  7. 40th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "law" (𝌭)
  8. (Cantonese) such a way
    而家噉搞法我都唔知點算好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    而家噉搞法我都唔知点算好。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ji4 gaa1 gam2 gaau2 faat3 ngo5 dou1 m4 zi1 dim2 syun3 hou2. [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  9. (Shanghainese) very
    哪能好法 [Shanghainese]  ―  6na-nen6 5hau-faq7 [Wugniu]  ―  incredibly good
  10. a surname
Usage notes

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法):
  • → Japanese: 法(ほう) (hō)
  • → Korean: 법(法) (beop)
  • → Vietnamese: pháp (法)

Others:

  • → Proto-Tai
    • Lao: ແບບ (bǣp, “form; model, standard, example; method; style, manner; brand, type”)
    • Thai: แบบ (bɛ̀ɛp, “kind; design, pattern; style; type; model”)
    • → Khmer: បែប (baep, “kind, sort, model, type; style, form, shape; aspect; method, way, situation, condition”)
  • → Vietnamese: phép (“rule, custom, usage, method; permission, authorisation; magical power”)
  • → Manchu: ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ (fafun, “law; rule; punishment”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Note:
  • huab4 - Chaozhou;
  • huag4 - Shantou.

    Definitions

    法

    1. Short for 法蘭西／法兰西 (Fǎlánxī, “France”).
      法語／法语  ―  fǎyǔ  ―  French language
      法棍  ―  fǎgùn  ―  French stick
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    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    法

    1. Short for 法拉 (fǎlā, “farad”).

    Compounds

    References

    • “法”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “法”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

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