则 — Chinese character
则
zé
rule, law, regulation; grades
- Pinyin
- zé
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 贝 刂
- Formation
- ideographic — Laws inscribed 刂 on a slate 贝
- Traditional
- 則
Common words with 则
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原则 (原則) | yuán zé | principle; doctrine |
| 规则 (規則) | guī zé | rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed |
| 否则 (否則) | fǒu zé | otherwise; if not; or (else) |
| 准则 (準則) | zhǔn zé | norm; standard |
| 法则 (法則) | fǎ zé | law; rule |
| 一则 (一則) | yī zé | on the one hand |
| 实则 (實則) | shí zé | actually; in fact |
| 守则 (守則) | shǒu zé | rules; regulations |
| 细则 (細則) | xì zé | detailed rules and regulations; bylaws |
| 原则上 (原則上) | yuán zé shang | in principle; generally |
| 不规则 (不規則) | bù guī zé | irregular |
| 潜规则 (潛規則) | qián guī zé | unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) |
English words written with 则
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.