Chinese symbol for “criminalize”

入罪

rù zuì

to criminalize (an activity)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for criminalize is 入罪 (rù zuì), defined as: to criminalize (an activity).

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Characters and stroke order

入 rù

to enter, to come in; to join

radical 11 ⼊ · 2 strokes

罪 zuì

sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime

radical 122 ⽹ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “criminalize”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
入罪化	rù zuì huà	to criminalize (an activity)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 入罪.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
进入 (進入)	jìn rù	to enter; to go into
加入	jiā rù	to become a member; to join
收入	shōu rù	to take in; income
投入	tóu rù	to throw into; to put into
深入	shēn rù	to penetrate deeply; thorough
输入 (輸入)	shū rù	to import; to input
犯罪	fàn zuì	to commit a crime; crime; offense
罪犯	zuì fàn	criminal

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.