Chinese symbol for “illegal”
非法
fēi fǎ
illegal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for illegal is 非法 (fēi fǎ), defined as: illegal.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “illegal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 违法 (違法) | wéi fǎ | illegal; to break the law |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark |
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person; an illegal |
| 盗版 (盜版) | dào bǎn | pirated; illegal |
| 不法 | bù fǎ | lawless; illegal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 非法.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 并非 (並非) | bìng fēi | really isn't |
| 除非 | chú fēi | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when |
| 是非 | shì fēi | right and wrong; quarrel; dispute |
| 无非 (無非) | wú fēi | only; nothing else |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “illegal”.
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.