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法 = 水 + 去

法 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “method”. It is built from 水 (water) and 去 (gone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 813.

Keyword
method
RTK frame
813
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ, ハッ, ホッ, フラン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
のり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
метод
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
法 law

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 去 gone

How to find 法 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “gone”. 法 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 法 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.