Chinese symbol for “legalize”

合法化

hé fǎ huà

to legalize; to make legal; legalization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for legalize is 合法化 (hé fǎ huà), defined as: to legalize; to make legal; legalization.

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Characters and stroke order

合 hé

to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

法 fǎ

law, rule, statute; method, way; French

radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

化 huà

to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 合法化.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
合作	hé zuò	to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)	zōng hé	comprehensive; composite
结合 (結合)	jié hé	to combine; to link
联合 (聯合)	lián hé	to combine; to join
合法	hé fǎ	lawful; legitimate
适合 (適合)	shì hé	to fit; to suit
无法 (無法)	wú fǎ	unable to; incapable of
法律	fǎ lǜ	law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè)
文化	wén huà	culture; civilization

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.