Chinese symbol for “openly”
公然
gōng rán
openly; publicly; undisguised
The closest CC-CEDICT match for openly is 公然 (gōng rán), defined as: openly; publicly; undisguised.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “openly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光明正大 | guāng míng zhèng dà | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公然.
| 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 |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “openly”.
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.