Read Edit View history Discussion 法 fǎfā HSK2 law Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Originally written as 灋. Pinyin Separate values with commas fǎ ×fa × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Likely alludes to water always flowing in a given path, or water always being flat and level. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 法 Simp strokes 法 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 法 Simp strokes 法 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 法 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 246, 735 ], [ 337, 675 ], [ 361, 636 ] ], [ [ 153, 554 ], [ 223, 498 ], [ 243, 471 ] ], [ [ 193, 64 ], [ 180, 108 ], [ 180, 149 ], [ 207, 189 ], [ 328, 415 ] ], [ [ 437, 561 ], [ 468, 555 ], [ 521, 559 ], [ 634, 582 ], [ 730, 612 ], [ 788, 613 ] ], [ [ 554, 804 ], [ 595, 772 ], [ 605, 751 ], [ 594, 429 ], [ 576, 405 ] ], [ [ 346, 348 ], [ 400, 344 ], [ 509, 369 ], [ 823, 421 ], [ 859, 421 ], [ 909, 407 ] ], [ [ 611, 335 ], [ 591, 333 ], [ 570, 322 ], [ 509, 223 ], [ 445, 141 ], [ 435, 107 ], [ 469, 105 ], [ 702, 163 ], [ 729, 160 ] ], [ [ 692, 257 ], [ 804, 113 ], 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