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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “convention”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惯例 (慣例) | guàn lì | convention; usual practice |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
| 常法 | cháng fǎ | convention; normal practice |
| 框框 | kuàng kuang | a frame; a circle; set pattern; convention; restriction |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公约.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | open; overt; public; to make public; to release |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
| 约定 (約定) | yuē dìng | to 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.