Kanji N3

法: method, law, rule

法 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning method, law, rule, written with 8 strokes. It is read ホウ, ハッ, ホッ (on) and のり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 方法 (ほうほう, method) and 法律 (ほうりつ, law).

法

Meanings

  • method
  • law
  • rule
  • principle
  • model
  • system
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#100 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ホウ
  • ハッ
  • ホッ
  • フラン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • のり

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 法

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 方法ほうほう

    method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

    JLPT N3
  • 法律ほうりつ

    law; legislation; act

    JLPT N4
  • 憲法けんぽう

    constitution

    JLPT N3
  • 作法さほう

    manners; etiquette; propriety

    JLPT N3
  • 文法ぶんぽう

    grammar

    JLPT N4
  • 法ほう

    law; act; principle

    JLPT N3
  • 手法しゅほう

    technique; method

    JLPT N1
  • 立法りっぽう

    (enactment of) legislation; lawmaking

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.