法人

Chinese

 
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(法人)

Pronunciation


Noun

法人

  1. corporate person; legal entity; legal person

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーじん [hòójíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

法人 (hiragana ほうじん, rōmaji hōjin)

  1. A legal person. Corporations formed for business purposes are usually referred to specifically as 会社 (かいしゃ, kaisha) or "companies." 法人 refers to all entities with legal personality.

Derived terms

  • 中間法人
  • NPO法人
  • 法人格
  • 法人税

References

  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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