法
fǎ
old variant of 法[fa3]
law
water (氵) + remove (去) = law that washes away wrongdoing
Ancient Chinese law was modeled on water: it levels everything equally and flows away what is wrong. 去 here carries the sense of removing or departing, so water washing away wrongdoing became the image of justice.
每个人都要遵守法律。
měi gè rén dōu yào zūn shǒu fǎ lǜ。
Every person must follow the law.
法官根据法律做出了判决。
fǎ guān gēn jù fǎ lǜ zuò chū le pàn jué。
The judge made a ruling based on the law.
Words with 法
唱法
chàng fǎ
singing style
法克
fǎ kè
fuck (loanword)
玩法
wán fǎ
to play fast and loose with the law
剑法
jiàn fǎ
fencing
法拉
fǎ lā
farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
成文法
chéng wén fǎ
statute
枪法
qiāng fǎ
marksmanship
法术
fǎ shù
magic
法学院
fǎ xué yuàn
law school
普法
pǔ fǎ
to disseminate knowledge of the law
笔法
bǐ fǎ
technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing
阿拉法特
ā lā fǎ tè
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4]