Chinese

法律

fǎlǜ
law (body of binding rules and regulations) (Classifier: 部 m)
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 4

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Origin

Attestable in Classical Chinese. Popularised from Japanese 法律(ほうりつ) (hōritsu).

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Lineage

  • characterChinese法 “law; rule; regulation; statute”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • meaningChinese廌 “a kind of small deer-like ungulate, antelope”
    • soundChinese盍 “why; how”
  • characterChinese律 “pitch pipe”
    • meaningChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
    • soundChinese聿 “original form of 筆／笔 (bǐ, “writing brush; pencil”)”

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