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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.