Chinese symbol for “law”
法律
fǎ lǜ
law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for law is 法律 (fǎ lǜ), defined as: law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “law”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法 | fǎ | law; method |
| 法学 (法學) | fǎ xué | law; legal studies |
| 法则 (法則) | fǎ zé | law; rule |
| 律 | lǜ | law |
| 法度 | fǎ dù | (a) law |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 法律.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 办法 (辦法) | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; 条 (tiáo) |
| 宪法 (憲法) | xiàn fǎ | constitution (of a country); measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 合法 | hé fǎ | lawful; legitimate |
| 规律 (規律) | guī lǜ | rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior |
| 律师 (律師) | lǜ shī | lawyer |
| 纪律 (紀律) | jì lǜ | discipline |
See also: Japanese symbol for “law”.
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.