DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

法海

Mandarin · pinyin Fǎ hǎi

Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳 Bái shé Zhuàn

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

法: fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–3 · Fa3 hai3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

法海 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗