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Chinese symbol for “equitable”

公允
gōng yǔn
equitable; fair

The closest CC-CEDICT match for equitable is 公允 (gōng yǔn), defined as: equitable; fair.

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Characters and stroke order

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
允 yǔn
to grant, to consent; just, fair
radical 10 ⼉ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “equitable”

WordPinyinMeaning
公正gōng zhèngjust; fair; equitable
公道gōng daofair; equitable
天公地道tiān gōng dì dàoabsolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
公平合理gōng píng hé lǐfair; equitable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公允.

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
允许 (允許)yǔn xǔto permit; to allow
允诺 (允諾)yǔn nuòto promise; to consent (to do sth)
应允 (應允)yīng yǔnto give one's assent; to consent

See also: Japanese symbol for “equitable”.

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.