依 yī
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 衣 cloth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
依法
yīfǎ
according to law
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
- 我们依法办事。 Wǒ men yī fǎ bàn shì. We handle things according to law.
- 公司依法交税。 Gōng sī yī fǎ jiāo shuì. The company pays taxes according to law.
- 依法处理吧。 Yī fǎ chǔ lǐ ba. Let us handle it according to law.