法人

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (法人)		法	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ jan⁴

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah⁶ zing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-jîn / hoat-lîn

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎrén
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-jên²
    • Yale: fǎ-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faaren
    • Palladius: фажэнь (fažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faat³ jan⁴
    • Yale: faat yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 法人 發人 / 发人

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ zing² [Phonetic: hah⁷ zing²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hah-cíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡siŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hah⁶ zing² [Phonetic: hah⁷ zing²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ²⁻⁴ t͡siŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: huat-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatjiin
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ zin²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: huat-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatliin
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/

Noun

法人

1. (law) corporate person; legal entity; legal person; juridical person

Antonyms

• 自然人 (zìránrén)

Derived terms

• 法團 / 法团 (fǎtuán)
• 財團法人 / 财团法人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
法	人
ほう Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーじん [hòójíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

法(ほう)人(じん) • (hōjin) 

1. A legal person. Corporations formed for business purposes are usually referred to specifically as 会社 (かいしゃ, kaisha) or "companies." 法人 refers to all entities with legal personality.

Derived terms

• 社団法人
• 財団法人
• 学校法人
• 宗教法人
• 中間法人
• NPO法人
• 法人格
• 法人税

References

• “法人”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
法	人

Noun

法人 • (beobin) (hangeul 법인)

1. hanja form^? of 법인 (“corporate person; legal entity; legal person”)