Chinese symbol for “penalize”
处罚
chǔ fá
Traditional: 處罰
to penalize; to punish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for penalize is 处罚 (chǔ fá), defined as: to penalize; to punish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “penalize”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 处罚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 处于 (處於) | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 到处 (到處) | dào chù | everywhere |
| 好处 (好處) | hǎo chǔ | easy to get along with |
| 惩罚 (懲罰) | chéng fá | penalty; punishment |
| 罚款 (罰款) | fá kuǎn | to fine; penalty |
| 刑罚 (刑罰) | xíng fá | sentence; penalty |
| 罚金 (罰金) | fá jīn | fine; to forfeit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “penalize”.
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.