Chinese symbol for “legitimate”
合法
hé fǎ
lawful; legitimate; legal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for legitimate is 合法 (hé fǎ), defined as: lawful; legitimate; legal.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “legitimate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正统 (正統) | zhèng tǒng | orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional |
| 正牌 | zhèng pái | officially recognized; genuine; legitimate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 合法.
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “legitimate”.
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.