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Chinese symbol for “convention”

公约
gōng yuē
Traditional: 公約
convention (i.e. international agreement)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for convention is 公约 (gōng yuē), defined as: convention (i.e. international agreement).

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

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
约 yuē
treaty, covenant, agreement
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “convention”

WordPinyinMeaning
惯例 (慣例)guàn lìconvention; usual practice
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
习俗 (習俗)xí súcustom; tradition
常法cháng fǎconvention; normal practice
框框kuàng kuanga frame; a circle; set pattern; convention; restriction

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公约.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
大约 (大約)dà yuēapproximately; probably
条约 (條約)tiáo yuētreaty; pact
约定 (約定)yuē dìngto agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain

See also: Japanese symbol for “convention”.

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.

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