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.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不是	bù shì	no; is not
不能	bù néng	cannot; must not
不会 (不會)	bù huì	improbable; unlikely
不过 (不過)	bù guò	only; merely
不同	bù tóng	different; distinct
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
部分	bù fen	part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
孩子	hái zi	child

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.