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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.
院yuàncourtyard
阝placeMeaning part
完to complete · wánSound part
阝 hints at the meaning (place); 完 (wán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuàn.
How to write 法院
法 8 strokes · 院 9 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 法院 (fǎyuàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
法院 (fǎyuàn) means “court of law” or “court”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fǎyuàn: fǎ with a 3rd tone, then yuàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 法院 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fayuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 法院 from the suggestions. Typing fayuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
法院 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
法fǎ3rd tone, dipping
院yuàn4th tone, falling
