不法

Chinese

not; no
 
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(不法)
不 法

Pronunciation


Adjective

不法

  1. (attributive) illegal
    不法分子  ―  bùfǎ fènzǐ  ―  offender

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 法
ふ
Grade: 4
ほう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

/pupapu/ → /fufafu/ → /fuhahu/ → /fuhau/ → /fuhɔː/ → /fuhoː/

From Middle Chinese 不法 (MC pjuw pjop).

Pronunciation

Adjective

不(ふ)法(ほう) • (fuhō) ←ふはふ (fufafu)?-na (adnominal 不(ふ)法(ほう)な (fuhō na), adverbial 不(ふ)法(ほう)に (fuhō ni))

  1. illegal

Inflection

Noun

不(ふ)法(ほう) • (fuhō) ←ふはふ (fufafu)?

  1. illegality, injustice

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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