# 法 — Method

Frequency rank 44 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 業 (Business), less common than 地 (Earth).

- On’yomi: ほう、はっ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 8

Every night after his shift, a miner stands beneath the same powerful jet of water and scrubs the dirt from his body in the same order.

In words:

- 法 ほう — Act (law: the X Act)
- 法律 ほうりつ — law
- 文法 ぶんぽう — grammar

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