Chinese symbol for “civility”

公德心

gōng dé xīn

civility; public spirit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for civility is 公德心 (gōng dé xīn), defined as: civility; public spirit.

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Characters and stroke order

公 gōng

fair, equitable; public; duke

radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes

德 dé

ethics, morality; compassion, kindness

radical 60 ⼻ · 15 strokes

心 xīn

heart; mind; soul

radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公德心.

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
道德	dào dé	virtue; morality
品德	pǐn dé	moral character
美德	měi dé	virtue
中心	zhōng xīn	center; heart; core

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.