Chinese symbol for “statutory”

法定

fǎ dìng

statutory; law-based; legal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for statutory is 法定 (fǎ dìng), defined as: statutory; law-based; legal.

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Characters and stroke order

法 fǎ

law, rule, statute; method, way; French

radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

定 dìng

to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “statutory”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
成文	chéng wén	written; statutory

Related words

Other words that share a character with 法定.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
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
办法 (辦法)	bàn fǎ	way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; 条 (tiáo)
宪法 (憲法)	xiàn fǎ	constitution (of a country); measure word: 部 (bù)
合法	hé fǎ	lawful; legitimate
决定 (決定)	jué dìng	to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定	yī dìng	surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled

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