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Chinese symbol for “outlaw”

不法分子
bù fǎ fèn zǐ
criminal; lawbreaker; outlaw

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outlaw is 不法分子 (bù fǎ fèn zǐ), defined as: criminal; lawbreaker; outlaw.

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
分 fèn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不法分子.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
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
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
孩子hái zichild

See also: Japanese symbol for “outlaw”.

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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