Chinese symbol for “axiom”
公理
gōng lǐ
self-evident truth; (math.) axiom
The closest CC-CEDICT match for axiom is 公理 (gōng lǐ), defined as: self-evident truth; (math.) axiom.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公理.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | open; overt; public; to make public; to release |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “axiom”.
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.