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Chinese symbol for “accepted”

公认
gōng rèn
Traditional: 公認
publicly known (to be); accepted (as)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for accepted is 公认 (gōng rèn), defined as: publicly known (to be); accepted (as).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
认 rèn
to know, to recognize, to understand
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “accepted”

WordPinyinMeaning
无争议 (無爭議)wú zhēng yìuncontroversial; accepted

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公认.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
认为 (認為)rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
认识 (認識)rèn shito know; to recognize
承认 (承認)chéng rènto admit; to concede

See also: Japanese symbol for “accepted”.

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.

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