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Chinese symbol for “jurisprudence”

法理
fǎ lǐ
legal principle; jurisprudence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jurisprudence is 法理 (fǎ lǐ), defined as: legal principle; jurisprudence.

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Characters and stroke order

法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 法理.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
办法 (辦法)bàn fǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; 条 (tiáo)
宪法 (憲法)xiàn fǎconstitution (of a country); measure word: 部 (bù)
合法hé fǎlawful; legitimate
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish

See also: Japanese symbol for “jurisprudence”.

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.