Chinese symbol for “liter”
公升
gōng shēng
liter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for liter is 公升 (gōng shēng), defined as: liter.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “liter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 升 | shēng | to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公升.
| 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 |
| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist |
| 升级 (升級) | shēng jí | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity) |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise; to go up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “liter”.
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.