The kanji 法: meaning, readings and stroke order
法
- Meaning
- method, law
- On reading
- ホウ hou、ハッ* ha、ホッ* ho
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cách làm, phép tắc (pháp)
- Japanese
- やりかた。きまり。
- Korean
- 방법, 법 (법)
- Chinese
- 方法、法律
Readings, words and example sentences
ホウ hou · on reading
方法
way, method
もっと よい 方法を 考えます。
I think of a better way.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.