HSK 6 · Society

法人 fǎrén “legal entity” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 法人 means

  1. legal entity
  2. legal person
  3. corporation

How to say 法人

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale法fǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising

法人 in a sentence

  1. 公司在法律上是一个法人。

    Gōngsī zài fǎlǜ shàng shì yí ge fǎrén.

    In law, a company is a legal person.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是这家公司的法人代表。

    Tā shì zhè jiā gōngsī de fǎrén dàibiǎo.

    He’s the legal representative of this company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 法人 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 法 (fǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
法fǎlaw
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 去to go away · qù

Memory aidTraditionally explained as water 氵, which always lies level and so is fair, with 去 (qù) “to remove”, driving the guilty away: law, method.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

How to write 法人

法 8 strokes · 人 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

法人 (fǎrén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 法人 (fǎrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 法人

Words with 法

Words with 人

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FAQs

法人 (fǎrén) means “legal entity” or “legal person”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎrén: fǎ with a 3rd tone, then rén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 法人 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type faren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 法人 from the suggestions. Typing faren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
法人 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.