Chinese symbol for “penalty”
惩罚
chéng fá
Traditional: 懲罰
penalty; punishment; to punish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for penalty is 惩罚 (chéng fá), defined as: penalty; punishment; to punish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “penalty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 违约金 (違約金) | wéi yuē jīn | penalty (fee) |
| 主罚 (主罰) | zhǔ fá | penalty (kick) |
| 罚款 (罰款) | fá kuǎn | to fine; penalty |
| 刑罚 (刑罰) | xíng fá | sentence; penalty |
| 罚则 (罰則) | fá zé | penal provision; penalty |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惩罚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惩处 (懲處) | chéng chǔ | to punish; to administer justice |
| 严惩 (嚴懲) | yán chéng | to punish severely |
| 惩戒 (懲戒) | chéng jiè | to discipline; reprimand |
| 惩治 (懲治) | chéng zhì | to punish |
| 奖惩 (獎懲) | jiǎng chéng | rewards and penalties |
| 处罚 (處罰) | chǔ fá | to penalize; to punish |
| 罚款 (罰款) | fá kuǎn | to fine; penalty |
| 刑罚 (刑罰) | xíng fá | sentence; penalty |
See also: Japanese symbol for “penalty”.
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.