法
Fa3
#65 most
frequent character
France, French, abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
法 joins 氵 water as a picture part with 去 qù as a sound part. Water in a channel gives the first meaning, 'to follow an example'. That grew to 'law, penal code' and 'method'.
Drawn as: water
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