Chinese symbol for “indictment”
起诉书
qǐ sù shū
Traditional: 起訴書
indictment (law); statement of charges (law)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indictment is 起诉书 (qǐ sù shū), defined as: indictment (law); statement of charges (law).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “indictment”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 起诉书.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 想起 | xiǎng qǐ | to recall; to think of |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 起诉 (起訴) | qǐ sù | to sue; to bring a lawsuit against |
| 诉讼 (訴訟) | sù sòng | lawsuit |
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indictment”.
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.