Chinese symbol for “kilometer”
公里
gōng lǐ
kilometer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kilometer is 公里 (gōng lǐ), defined as: kilometer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “kilometer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千米 | qiān mǐ | kilometer |
| 吉罗米突 (吉羅米突) | jí luó mǐ tū | kilometer (old) (loanword) |
| 基罗米突 (基羅米突) | jī luó mǐ tū | kilometer (old) (loanword) |
| 粁 | qiān | kilometer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公里.
| 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) |
| 这里 (這裏) | zhè lǐ | variant of 这里 (zhè lǐ) |
| 哪里 (哪裏) | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere |
| 那里 (那裏) | nà li | there; that place |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kilometer”.
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.