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Chinese symbol for “illegality”

犯规
fàn guī
Traditional: 犯規
to break the rules; an illegality; a foul

The closest CC-CEDICT match for illegality is 犯规 (fàn guī), defined as: to break the rules; an illegality; a foul.

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Characters and stroke order

犯 fàn
criminal; to violate, to commit a crime
radical 94 ⽝ · 5 strokes
规 guī
rules, regulations, customs, law
radical 147 ⾒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 犯规.

WordPinyinMeaning
犯罪fàn zuìto commit a crime; crime; offense
侵犯qīn fànto infringe on; to encroach on
罪犯zuì fàncriminal
犯人fàn rénconvict; prisoner
囚犯qiú fànprisoner; convict
嫌犯xián fàncriminal suspect
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent

See also: Japanese symbol for “illegality”.

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.