법

법 U+BC95, 법 HANGUL SYLLABLE BEOB Composition: ㅂ + ㅓ + ㅂ ← 범 [U+BC94] Hangul Syllables 벖 → [U+BC96]

버벅벆벇번벉벊 벋벌벍벎벏벐벑 벒벓범법벖벗벘 벙벚벛벜벝벞벟
뱨 ←	→ 베

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 法 (“law”), from the Middle Korean reading 법〮 (Yale: pép).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [법]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	beop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	beob
McCune–Reischauer?	pŏp
Yale Romanization?	pep

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 법의 / 법에 / 법까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

법 • (beop) (hanja 法)

1. law

   법은 많은 사람들이 동의하면 투표를 통해 개정할 수 있다.

   Beob-eun maneun saram-deur-i dong'uihamyeon tupyo-reul tonghae gaejeonghal su itda.

   The law can be amended through voting if many people agree.

2. (Buddhism) dharma
3. (grammar) grammatical mood

Suffix

—법 • (-beop) (hanja 法)

1. way; method of doing something

   교수법 (敎授法) ― gyosubeop ― teaching method

   사용법 (使用法) ― sayongbeop ― instructions (literally, “usage method”)

Derived terms

• 법하다 (法—, beophada)
• See the hanja entry at 法 for Sino-Korean compounds of 법 (法, beop).