Zi:法

法 [fǎ] (法​律 fǎlǜ) law; (​办法 bànfǎ) method; (HDZ:) ​刑法; … [fèi] ​廢

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 法(​㳒) fǎ ‘law/penalty’ (​刑法) is an abbrev. of the main SW form ​𢌇(​灋) combining ​氵/​水 shuǐ ‘water (level/even/fair)’ (as in ​治 ‘rule’, ​笵, cf. ​井/​丼, ​㓝/​𠛜), ​廌 zhì ‘legendary unicorn’ (​解​廌) able to straighten the crooked, tell right from wrong, decide human quarrels (cf. ​豸), and ​去(​㚎​厺) qù ‘remove/eliminate’ evils/errors; formerly also wr. ​佱, with ​亼 jí together (as in ​仑/​侖 ‘think/reason’, and ​令 ‘command’) and ​正(​㱏) zhèng ‘right/true’.
    Note: ​灋 : …法​之​正​人, ​如​廌​之​去​惡… ‘... the law corrects men, just as the mythical ​解​廌 xièzhì eliminates evils/errors ...’ (DYC).
    Compare: ​罚(​𦋬​罰) fá ‘punish’ (​刑​罚).
    HDZ: 法 : fǎ : (SW: cf. ​灋: ​刑) ​刑法; 法​令, 法​律; ​规​章​制​度; ​准​则; ​规​律, ​常​理; ​方法, ​办法; ​合法​度, ​合法​的; ​效法, ​仿​效; ​守法; (​古) ​对​天​子​御​用​设​备​的​专​称; ​相法; (​墨​家); (​战​国) (​学​派​名); (​佛​教) Dharma (​達​磨, ​達​摩, ​曇​無); 法​术; (​旧) (​数​学); ​廢 (fèi): ​废​弃; (​国​名) (​简​称) 法​国; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:546.21; Wieger:125a; Karlgren:AD491,GSR642k; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1579.4; Mathews:1762; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:616.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:091.0.08; EDOC:1
►components: ​氵​去​
►Cantonese: faat-
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