Chinese symbol for “consensus”
共识
gòng shí
Traditional: 共識
common understanding; consensus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for consensus is 共识 (gòng shí), defined as: common understanding; consensus.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 共识.
| 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 |
| 认识 (認識) | rèn shi | to know; to recognize |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
| 意识 (意識) | yì shí | consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到 (dào)) to be aware of; to realize |
See also: Japanese symbol for “consensus”.
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.