Chinese edit

law law
simp. and trad.
(法律)
anagram 律法

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • huag4 lug8 - Shantou;
  • huah4 luh8 - Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (37)
Final () (148) (52)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjop lwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨɐp̚/ /liuɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/piɐp̚/ /lʷit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/piɐp̚/ /ljuet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puap̚/ /lwit̚/
Li
Rong
/piɐp̚/ /liuĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/pĭwɐp̚/ /lĭuĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯wɐp̚/ /li̯uĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faat3 leot6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjop › ‹ lwit › ‹ lwit ›
Old
Chinese
/*[p.k]ap/ /*[r]ut/ /*[r]ut/
English model, law law, rule (n.) 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2867 15978
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pqab/ /*rud/
Notes

Noun edit

法律

  1. law (body of binding rules and regulations) (Classifier: m)
    制定法律  ―  zhìdìng fǎlǜ  ―  to make laws
    執行法律执行法律  ―  zhíxíng fǎlǜ  ―  to enforce the law
    訴諸法律诉诸法律  ―  sùzhū fǎlǜ  ―  to resort to the law
    觸犯法律触犯法律  ―  chùfàn fǎlǜ  ―  to break the law
    詮釋法律诠释法律  ―  quánshì fǎlǜ  ―  to interpret the law
    法律條文法律条文  ―  fǎlǜ tiáowén  ―  legal provision
    法律推理  ―  fǎlǜ tuīlǐ  ―  legal reasoning
    適用法律适用法律  ―  shìyòng fǎlǜ  ―  applicable law
    法律法規法律法规  ―  fǎlǜ fǎguī  ―  laws and regulations
    採取法律行動采取法律行动  ―  cǎiqǔ fǎlǜ xíngdòng  ―  to take legal action
    法律面前人人平等 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
    All men are equal before the law.

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Sino-Xenic (法律):

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 4
りつ
Grade: 6
on’yomi
 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ほう)(りつ) (hōritsu

  1. The field, profession, and study of law. The rule of law.
    Synonym: 法学
    政治(せいじ)より法律(ほうりつ)(まな)びたい。
    Seiji yori hōritsu o manabitai.
    I would rather study law than politics.
    法律(ほうりつ)事務所(じむしょ)
    hōritsu jimusho
    a law firm/office
  2. A statute. An act of a legislature.
    その法律(ほうりつ)不当(ふとう)だ。
    Sono hōritsu wa futō da.
    That law is unjust.

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References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Hanja in this term

Noun edit

法律 (beomnyul) (hangeul 법률)

  1. Hanja form? of 법률 (law).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

法律

  1. chữ Hán form of pháp luật (law).