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Chinese symbol for “consolidate”

巩固
gǒng gù
Traditional: 鞏固
to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for consolidate is 巩固 (gǒng gù), defined as: to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

巩 gǒng
to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong
radical 48 ⼯ · 6 strokes
固 gù
to solidify; strength
radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “consolidate”

WordPinyinMeaning
撤并 (撤併)chè bìngto consolidate; to merge
整顿 (整頓)zhěng dùnto tidy up; to reorganize
整并 (整併)zhěng bìngto merge; to consolidate; consolidation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 巩固.

WordPinyinMeaning
巩膜 (鞏膜)gǒng mó(anatomy) sclera
固定gù dìngto fix; to fasten
固然gù ránadmittedly (it's true that...)
稳固 (穩固)wěn gùstable; steady
固定资产 (固定資產)gù dìng zī chǎnfixed assets
固体 (固體)gù tǐsolid

See also: Japanese symbol for “consolidate”.

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.