Chinese symbol for “concept”
概念
gài niàn
concept; idea; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for concept is 概念 (gài niàn), defined as: concept; idea; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “concept”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观念 (觀念) | guān niàn | notion; thought |
| 观 (觀) | guān | to look at; to watch |
| 理念 | lǐ niàn | idea; concept |
| 构想 (構想) | gòu xiǎng | to conceive; concept |
| 立意 | lì yì | to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea; concept; central idea |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 概念.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly; probably |
| 概率 | gài lǜ | probability (math.) |
| 概况 (概況) | gài kuàng | general situation; summary |
| 概括 | gài kuò | to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline |
| 概述 | gài shù | overview |
| 纪念 (紀念) | jì niàn | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir |
| 观念 (觀念) | guān niàn | notion; thought |
| 理念 | lǐ niàn | idea; concept |
See also: Japanese symbol for “concept”.
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.