法

method, law, rule, principle, model, 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

8 / 8

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

Frequency:100

Vocabulary

ハッ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

deluge, flood, vast

creek, inlet, bay

wash, inquire into, probe

shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful

dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

robust, manhood, prosperity

pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate

treasure, wealth, valuables

sweat, perspire