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法 のり method, law, rule, principle, model, system 3 100 8 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 会意 Compound Ideographic This kanji shows up in a lot of words related to the legal process. Try this image: using a very outdated judicial method, the people of Salem dunked accused witches in the water until they were all gone.

Accepted Answer

ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン ほ 憲法(けんぽう): constitution方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique法律(ほうりつ): law司法(しほう): administration of justice法廷(ほうてい): courtroom立法(りっぽう): legislation; lawmaking法学(ほうがく): law; jurisprudence法則(ほうそく): law; rule寸法(すんぽう): measurement; size; extent; dimension文法(ぶんぽう): grammar; syntax法案(ほうあん): bill (law)手法(しゅほう): technique作法(さほう): manners; etiquette; propriety製法(せいほう): manufacturing method; recipe; formula法(ほう): (1) law; act; principle (2) method (3) mood (4) dharma用法(ようほう): directions; rules of use 4 水: water去: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce 水 4 (none) method There already was a system (#418) for butchering cows, a technique (#421) for turning smoke into flowers - why can´t there be a method of about the same relevance for making water gone? Evaporation anyone?

Kanji	法
Onyomi	ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン
Kunyomi	のり
Nanori	ほ
English	method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Examples	憲法(けんぽう): constitution 方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique 法律(ほうりつ): law 司法(しほう): administration of justice 法廷(ほうてい): courtroom 立法(りっぽう): legislation; lawmaking 法学(ほうがく): law; jurisprudence 法則(ほうそく): law; rule 寸法(すんぽう): measurement; size; extent; dimension 文法(ぶんぽう): grammar; syntax 法案(ほうあん): bill (law) 手法(しゅほう): technique 作法(さほう): manners; etiquette; propriety 製法(せいほう): manufacturing method; recipe; formula 法(ほう): (1) law; act; principle (2) method (3) mood (4) dharma 用法(ようほう): directions; rules of use
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	100
Components	水: water 去: gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	method
Koohii Story 1	This kanji shows up in a lot of words related to the legal process. Try this image: using a very outdated judicial method, the people of Salem dunked accused witches in the water until they were all gone.
Koohii Story 2	There already was a system (#418) for butchering cows, a technique (#421) for turning smoke into flowers - why can´t there be a method of about the same relevance for making water gone? Evaporation anyone?

Technique Law Method Water System 法 ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン のり

Technique Law Method Water System 法ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フランのり