法政 (fǎ zhèng) — laws and decrees; legal and administrative regulations; law and politics (as a field of study or system)

Definition

A compound term meaning 'law and politics / law and government' as a single field or system — used mostly in formal or academic writing (e.g. 法政大学, 法政制度). It refers to the joint domain, not to a specific law or policy.

noun
laws and decreeslegal and administrative regulationslaw and politics (as a field of study or system)

Examples

  • 法政。
    Zhè suǒ fǎ zhèng dà xué péi yǎng le xǔ duō yōu xiù de fǎ lǜ hé zhèng zhì rén cái.
    This university of law and politics has cultivated many outstanding legal and political talents.
  • 法政。
    Gǔ dài de fǎ zhèng zhì dù yǔ xiàn dài yǒu hěn dà bù tóng.
    The ancient legal and administrative systems are very different from modern ones.
  • 法政。
    Tā xiě le yì běn guān yú jìn dài fǎ zhèng biàn gé de shū.
    He wrote a book about modern legal and political reforms.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

法fǎlaw
政zhèngpolitics/government

法 (law) and 政 (politics/government) are parallel fields, giving law and administration.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pūaction
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng政zhèng
Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

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