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
法制
fǎzhì
legal system
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 法制要健全。 Fǎ zhì yào jiàn quán. The legal system needs to be sound.
- 我们学法制。 Wǒ men xué fǎ zhì. We study the legal system.
- 法制很重要。 Fǎ zhì hěn zhòng yào. The legal system is very important.