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Chinese symbol for “conventions”

常规
cháng guī
Traditional: 常規
code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conventions is 常规 (cháng guī), defined as: code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc).

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Characters and stroke order

常 cháng
common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
radical 50 ⼱ · 11 strokes
规 guī
rules, regulations, customs, law
radical 147 ⾒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 常规.

WordPinyinMeaning
非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
经常 (經常)jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
正常zhèng chángnormal; regular
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
常常cháng chángfrequently; often
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent

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.