法院
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
法院 (fǎyuàn) · court (of law)
法院 (fǎyuàn) means “court (of law)”. It is written with 2 characters: 法 (method) + 院 (courtyard). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 法院 is built
The characters
法 fǎ · method
What 法 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 去qù — to go away
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: The course 去 followed by a stream 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
院 yuàn · courtyard
What 院 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 完wán — finish
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 元yuán — yuan
- 二 — two strokes
- 儿ér — child
- 宀 — roof
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 完 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
法院就在我家附近。Fǎyuàn jiù zài wǒ jiā fùjìn.The court is near my home.
他在法院工作。Tā zài fǎyuàn gōngzuò.He works at the court.
Questions about 法院
What does 法院 mean?
法院 (fǎyuàn) means “court (of law)”.
How do you pronounce 法院?
法院 is pronounced fǎyuàn.
Which HSK level is 法院?
法院 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 办法bànfǎway
- 方法fāngfǎmethod
- 看法kànfǎview
- 想法xiǎngfǎidea
- 做法zuòfǎmethod
- 合法héfǎlegal
- 法官fǎguānjudge
- 法律fǎlǜlaw
- 没法儿méifǎrcan't
- 无法wúfǎunable to
Learn 法院 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 25: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.