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法 (Fǎ): meaning and stroke order

法 (Fǎ) means France, French, abbr. for 法国, Taiwan pr., law, method, way, to emulate, (Buddhism) dharma.

法

Simplified
法
Traditional
法, 㳒, 灋
Pinyin
Fǎ

Stroke order of 法

法

  • fǎ variant of 法[fa3]
  • Fǎ France; French
  • fǎ law; method
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 㳒

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 法

  1. Fǎ
    • France
    • French
    • abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]
    • Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
  2. fǎ
    • law
    • method
    • way
    • to emulate
    • (Buddhism) dharma
    • (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists
    • (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
  3. fǎ Traditional 㳒
    • variant of 法[fa3]
  4. fǎ Traditional 灋
    • old variant of 法[fa3]
    • law

Radical and structure

法
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 8 strokes · 氵 on the left, 去 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 法

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).