法
law, method, model, principle, rule, system

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ハッフランホウホッ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

のり

Nanori (名乗り)

ほ

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:4
Strokes:8
JLPT:3
Frequency:100

Vocabulary

ハッ

WordReadingMeaning
法度ハットban; prohibition; taboo; something forbidden; law; ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
御法度ゴハットforbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
武家諸法度ブケショハットlaw decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate

ホウ

WordReadingMeaning
違法イホウillegal; illicit; unlawful
技法ギホウtechnique
刑法ケイホウcriminal law; penal code
公益法人コウエキホウジンpublic-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good
工法コウホウmethod of construction

ホッ

WordReadingMeaning
法師ホッシBuddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
法主ホッスhigh priest
法主ホッシュhigh priest
法華経ホッケキョウLotus Sutra
法身ホッシンdharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence)

Other

WordReadingMeaning
憲法けんぽうconstitution; rules; regulation
憲法けんぼうconstitution; rules; regulation
食管法しょっかんほうlaw governing food quality
寸法すんぽうmeasurement; size; extent; dimension; plan; intention; arrangement; schedule
独禁法どっきんほうantitrust law; Antitrust Act

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deluge, flood, vast
Grade 8JLPT 1
江
bay, creek, inlet
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洗
inquire into, probe, wash
Grade 6JLPT 3
浅
frivolous, shallow, shameful, superficial, wretched
Grade 4JLPT 2
汚
defile, dirty, disgrace, pollute, rape
Grade 8JLPT 2
去
divorce, elapse, eliminate, gone, leave, past, quit
Grade 3JLPT 4
壮
manhood, prosperity, robust
Grade 8JLPT 1
注
annotate, comment, concentrate on, flow into, irrigate, notes, pour, shed (tears)
Grade 3JLPT 4
宝
treasure, valuables, wealth
Grade 6JLPT 2
汗
perspire, sweat
Grade 8JLPT 2