音読み: ホウ
訓読み: none *
画数: 8
部首: さんずい（氵）
Meaning
Law / Rule / Method / Principle
- 方法 — method
- 法律 — law
- 作法 — manners; etiquette
- 文法 — grammar
- 憲法 — constitution
- 違法 — illegal
- 合法 — legal
法 combines the water radical 氵 with 去 as the phonetic. It originally hinted at a ritual “way” or method, and later broadened to formal laws, rules, and standardized procedures.