法律

Chinese
 
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 law
simp. and trad.
(法律)		 法 律
anagram 律法

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 法 律
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 乏 (148) 術 (52)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方乏切 呂卹切
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 lǜ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 法 律 律
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fǎ lǜ lǜ
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 法 律
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2867 15978
Phonetic
component		 法 聿
Rime
group		 盍 物
Rime
subdivision		 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 法 律
Old
Chinese		 /*pqab/ /*rud/
Notes 說文灋省文

Noun

法律

  1. law (Classifier: 部 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
    法律面前人人平等。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
    All men are equal before the law.

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (法律):

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
法 律
ほう
Grade: 4		 りつ
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

法律 (hiragana ほうりつ, rōmaji hōritsu)

  1. The field, profession, and study of law. The rule of law.
    Synonym: 法学
    政 (せい)治 (じ)より法律 (ほうりつ)を学 (まな)びたい。
    Seiji yori hōritsu o manabitai.
    I would rather study law than politics.
    法律 (ほうりつ)事 (じ)務 (む)所 (しょ)
    hōritsu jimusho
    a law firm/office
  2. A statute. An act of a legislature.
    その法律 (ほうりつ)は不 (ふ)当 (とう)だ。
    Sono hōritsu wa futō da.
    That law is unjust.

Synonyms

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
法律

Noun

法律 • (beomnyul) (hangeul 법률)

  1. Hanja form? of 법률 (“law”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
法律

Noun

法律

  1. Hán tự form of pháp luật (“law”).
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