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Chinese symbol for “regulatory”

规制
guī zhì
Traditional: 規制
to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for regulatory is 规制 (guī zhì), defined as: to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building).

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Characters and stroke order

规 guī
rules, regulations, customs, law
radical 147 ⾒ · 8 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 规制.

WordPinyinMeaning
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent
规律 (規律)guī lǜrule (e.g. of science); law of behavior
规划 (規劃)guī huàto draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program
规则 (規則)guī zérule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
法规 (法規)fǎ guīlegislation; statute
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution

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.