Chinese symbol for “common”
共
gòng
common; general; to share; together
The closest CC-CEDICT match for common is 共 (gòng), defined as: common; general; to share; together; total; altogether.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “common”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 通俗 | tōng sú | common; everyday |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common; communal |
| 一般 | yī bān | same; ordinary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 共.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “common”.
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.