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Chinese symbol for “overrule”

否决
fǒu jué
Traditional: 否決
to veto; to overrule

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overrule is 否决 (fǒu jué), defined as: to veto; to overrule.

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

否 fǒu
no, not, un-; final particle
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
决 jué
to decide, to determine, to judge
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “overrule”

WordPinyinMeaning
驳回 (駁回)bó huíto reject; to turn down

Related words

Other words that share a character with 否决.

WordPinyinMeaning
是否shì fǒuwhether (or not); if
否则 (否則)fǒu zéotherwise; if not; or (else)
否认 (否認)fǒu rènto declare to be untrue; to deny
能否néng fǒuwhether one can; whether it is possible
否定fǒu dìngto negate; to deny
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
决议 (決議)jué yìa resolution; to pass a resolution

See also: Japanese symbol for “overrule”.

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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