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Chinese symbol for “formalize”

公式化
gōng shì huà
to formalize; formalism in art (esp. as proscribed in USSR and PRC)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for formalize is 公式化 (gōng shì huà), defined as: to formalize; formalism in art (esp. as proscribed in USSR and PRC).

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Characters and stroke order

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公式化.

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
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式zhèng shìformal; official
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “formalize”.

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.