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法 — law; method; way

law; method; way; to emulate; dharma; the Legalists; farad

Pinyin
fǎ · Fǎ
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — fǎ, Fǎ — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 法: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

法 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 法 in the HSK syllabus: 37

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 办法bànfǎway of handling sth; means; measure; solution to a problemHSK 3
  2. 方法fāngfǎmethod; way; technique; procedureHSK 3
  3. 法fǎFrance; FrenchHSK 4
  4. 法律fǎlǜlawHSK 4
  5. 看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view; opinionHSK 4
  6. 说法shuōfǎto expound Buddhist teachingsHSK 4
  7. 无法wúfǎunable to; incapable ofHSK 4
  8. 想法xiǎngfǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a wayHSK 4
  9. 语法yǔfǎgrammar; syntaxHSK 4
  10. 做法zuòfǎway of handling sth; method for making; work methodHSK 4
  11. 法院fǎyuàncourt of law; courtHSK 5
  12. 合法héfǎlawful; legitimate; legalHSK 5
  13. 没法儿méifǎrcan't do anything about itHSK 5
  14. 书法shūfǎcalligraphy; handwriting; penmanshipHSK 5
  15. 违法wéifǎillegal; to break the lawHSK 5
  16. 用法yòngfǎusageHSK 5
  17. 法定fǎdìngstatutory; law-based; legalHSK 6
  18. 法官fǎguānjudgeHSK 6
  19. 法规fǎguīlegislation; statuteHSK 6
  20. 手法shǒufǎtechnique; trick; skillHSK 6
  21. 不法bùfǎlawless; illegal; unlawfulHSK 7–9
  22. 法人fǎrénlegal person; corporationHSK 7–9
  23. 法庭fǎtíngcourt of lawHSK 7–9
  24. 法则fǎzélaw; rule; codeHSK 7–9
  25. 法制fǎzhìlegal system and institutionsHSK 7–9
  26. 法治fǎzhìrule of law; to rule by lawHSK 7–9
  27. 非法fēifǎillegalHSK 7–9
  28. 立法lìfǎto enact laws; to legislateHSK 7–9
  29. 疗法liáofǎtherapy; treatmentHSK 7–9
  30. 魔法mófǎenchantment; magicHSK 7–9
  31. 设法shèfǎto try; to make an attempt; to think of a wayHSK 7–9
  32. 司法sīfǎjudicial; justiceHSK 7–9
  33. 宪法xiànfǎconstitutionHSK 7–9
  34. 想方设法xiǎngfāng-shèfǎto think up every possible method; to devise ways and meansHSK 7–9
  35. 刑法xíngfǎcriminal lawHSK 7–9
  36. 依法yīfǎlegal; according to lawHSK 7–9
  37. 执法zhífǎto enforce a law; law enforcementHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.