ふく
福
し
祉
しょう
商
ほう
法

noun

  1. unscrupulous business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience, sales methods in which someone falsely claims to represent a charitable organization.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ふく
福
し
祉
しょう
商
ほう
法
 福祉商法 ふくししょうほう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

blessing, fortune, luck
フク　ふ　ふっ (3rd, N3)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
シ
to fill, roll of cloth
フク　ヒョク　ヒキ
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
welfare, happiness
シ (8th, N1)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
シ
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
make a deal, selling, dealing in
ショウ　あきな.う　あき (3rd, N3)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
light, clear, bright
ケイ　キョウ　ソウ (Kentei 1)
net radical(㓁) variant
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
method, law, rule
ホウ　ハッ　ほ (4th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
gone, past, quit
さ.る　コ　キョ (3rd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)