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= f + a3
variant of 法[fa3]
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= f + a3
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
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= f + a3
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
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= f + a3
old variant of 法[fa3] / law
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How to pronounce 法

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a3 final

In the ashram’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

法 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= qu + Ø4
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
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shuǐ = shu + ei3
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
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Characters with 法 as component

= f + a4
enamel ware / cloisonne ware
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= f + a3
francium (chemistry) (Tw)
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Words with 法

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unable / incapable
means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4]
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth) / CL:個|个[ge4]

Sentences with 法

yāo
hóu
jiāo
pín
dào
 
 
yǒu
bàn

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