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Chinese symbol for “legislate”

立法
lì fǎ
to enact laws; to legislate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for legislate is 立法 (lì fǎ), defined as: to enact laws; to legislate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

立 lì
to stand; to establish, to set up
radical 117 ⽴ · 5 strokes
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 立法.

WordPinyinMeaning
建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up
成立chéng lìto establish; to set up
独立 (獨立)dú lìindependent; independence
设立 (設立)shè lìto set up; to establish
立即lì jíimmediately
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

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.

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