违 wéi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 韦 tanned leather
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
违法
wéifǎ
to break the law; illegal
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 违法要受罚。 Wéifǎ yào shòu fá. Breaking the law means punishment.
- 这样做违法。 Zhèyàng zuò wéifǎ. Doing this is illegal.
- 他没有违法。 Tā méiyǒu wéifǎ. He did not break the law.