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Chinese symbol for “syntax”

句法
jù fǎ
syntax

The closest CC-CEDICT match for syntax is 句法 (jù fǎ), defined as: syntax.

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Characters and stroke order

句 jù
sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “syntax”

WordPinyinMeaning
句式jù shìsentence pattern; sentence structure
语法 (語法)yǔ fǎgrammar; (computing) syntax

Related words

Other words that share a character with 句法.

WordPinyinMeaning
一句yī jùa line of verse; a sentence
句子jù zisentence; 个 (gè)
语句 (語句)yǔ jùsentence
换句话说 (換句話說)huàn jù huà shuōin other words
两句 (兩句)liǎng jù(say) a few words
诗句 (詩句)shī jùverse; measure word: 行 (háng)
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
法律fǎ lǜlaw; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “syntax”.

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.