Chinese symbol for “coexist”
共存
gòng cún
to coexist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coexist is 共存 (gòng cún), defined as: to coexist.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coexist”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共处 (共處) | gòng chǔ | to coexist; to get along (with others) |
| 两立 (兩立) | liǎng lì | to coexist; coexistence |
| 并存 (並存) | bìng cún | to exist at the same time; to coexist |
| 杂居 (雜居) | zá jū | cohabitation (of different populations or races); to coexist |
| 杂处 (雜處) | zá chǔ | (of disparate elements) to mix in with one another; (of diverse groups of people) to live in the same area |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 共存.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common; communal |
| 共有 | gòng yǒu | in total there are ...; to own jointly |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 共享 | gòng xiǎng | to share; to enjoy together |
| 共识 (共識) | gòng shí | common understanding; consensus |
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist; to be |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist; to survive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coexist”.
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.