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Chinese symbol for “bylaws”

细则
xì zé
Traditional: 細則
detailed rules and regulations; bylaws

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bylaws is 细则 (xì zé), defined as: detailed rules and regulations; bylaws.

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Characters and stroke order

细 xì
fine, detailed; slender, thin
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
则 zé
rule, law, regulation; grades
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bylaws”

WordPinyinMeaning
会章 (會章)huì zhāngconstitution; bylaws; charter (of an organization etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 细则.

WordPinyinMeaning
详细 (詳細)xiáng xìdetailed; in detail
细节 (細節)xì jiédetails; particulars
细胞 (細胞)xì bāocell (biology)
仔细 (仔細)zǐ xìcareful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out
细菌 (細菌)xì jūnbacterium; germ
细致 (細緻)xì zhìdelicate; fine
原则 (原則)yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
规则 (規則)guī zérule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed

See also: Japanese symbol for “bylaws”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.