法域

Chinese

law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
field; region; area
field; region; area; (taxonomy) domain
 
simp. and trad.
(法域)
Literally:legal domain”.

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 法域.

Noun

法域

  1. (law) jurisdiction (limits or territory within which authority may be exercised)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

法域

  1. (literary) Ü-Tsang

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 4
いき
Grade: 6

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC pjop, “laws; regulations”) + (hwik, domain; region) as a compound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːikʲi]

Noun

(ほう)(いき) • (hōiki

  1. (law) jurisdiction (limits or territory within which authority may be exercised)

Synonyms