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Chinese symbol for “grammar”

语法
yǔ fǎ
Traditional: 語法
grammar; (computing) syntax

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grammar is 语法 (yǔ fǎ), defined as: grammar; (computing) syntax.

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Characters and stroke order

语 yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “grammar”

WordPinyinMeaning
文法wén fǎgrammar

Related words

Other words that share a character with 语法.

WordPinyinMeaning
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation
标语 (標語)biāo yǔwritten slogan; placard
言语 (言語)yán yǔwords; speech
语文 (語文)yǔ wénliterature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
法律fǎ lǜlaw; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè)
方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure

See also: Japanese symbol for “grammar”.

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.