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.

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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.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
建立	jiàn lì	to establish; to set up
成立	chéng lì	to establish; to set up
独立 (獨立)	dú lì	independent; independence
设立 (設立)	shè lì	to set up; to establish
立即	lì jí	immediately
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

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.