Keyword
law
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig813
Readings
ほう
(95%)
ぽう
(2%)
Composed of
water drops
past
Mnemonic

In the past people used to be tortured with water drops when they broke the law.

(It's a real thing called the Chinese water torture.)

Used in kanji (1 in total)
enamel
Used in vocabulary (1785 in total)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
Examples (200 in total)
This is like magic.
I believe in magic.
I wish I could use magic.