法 fǎ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 去 to go away, to leave, to depart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
法院
fǎyuàn
court
Characters in this word
院 yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 完 to complete, to finish, to settle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 法院在前面。 Fǎyuàn zài qiánmiàn. The court is up ahead.
- 他去法院了。 Tā qù fǎyuàn le. He went to court.
- 法院今天开门。 Fǎyuàn jīntiān kāimén. The court is open today.