1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
2. alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)

1. France
2. French
3. abbr. for 法國 Fǎguó
4. Taiwan pr. Fà

1. law
2. method
3. way
4. to emulate
5. (Buddhism) dharma
6. (abbr. for 法家 Fǎjiā) the Legalists
7. (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉 fǎlā)

1. old variant of 法 fǎ
2. law