Chinese symbol for “lawless”
不法
bù fǎ
lawless; illegal; unlawful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lawless is 不法 (bù fǎ), defined as: lawless; illegal; unlawful.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lawless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法无天 (無法無天) | wú fǎ wú tiān | (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly |
| 暴虐无道 (暴虐無道) | bào nüè wú dào | (idiom) tyrannical; oppressive; lawless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不法.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 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 “lawless”.
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.