Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: method, law, rule, principle, model, system

Kunyomi: のり

Onyomi: ホウ ハッ ホッ フラン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

則(ほうそく)   law, principle, theorem

律(ほうりつ)   law

律学(ほうりつがく)   jurisprudence

(ぶんぽう)   grammar

(ほうほう)   method

(けんぽう)   constitution

度(ごはっと)   taboo

華宗(ほっけしゅう)   Hokke sect of Buddhism

Onyomi Examples

ホウ law, act, principle, method, mood, dharma, law

ホウアン bill (law), measure

コウホウ sailing, navigation

会社更生 カイシャコウセイホウ Corporate Rehabilitation Law

ハッピ happi coat, happy coat, workman's livery coat, traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat

ハット law, ban, prohibition, ordinance

ホウシ Buddhist priest, bonze, layman dressed like a priest, person

華経 ホケキョウ Lotus Sutra

Kunyomi Examples

のり rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope

の筵 のりのむしろ preaching place

うちのり inside measure

そとのり outside measurements