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Chinese symbol for “commonality”

共通性
gòng tōng xìng
commonality; universality

The closest CC-CEDICT match for commonality is 共通性 (gòng tōng xìng), defined as: commonality; universality.

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Characters and stroke order

共 gòng
all, total; together; to share
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 共通性.

WordPinyinMeaning
共同gòng tóngcommon; joint
公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
共有gòng yǒuin total there are ...; to own jointly
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
共享gòng xiǎngto share; to enjoy together
共识 (共識)gòng shícommon understanding; consensus
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “commonality”.

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.