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Chinese symbol for “overt”

公开
gōng kāi
Traditional: 公開
open; overt; public; to make public; to release

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overt is 公开 (gōng kāi), defined as: open; overt; public; to make public; to release.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
开 kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
radical 55 ⼶ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “overt”

WordPinyinMeaning
堂而皇之táng ér huáng zhīovert; to make no secret (of one's presence)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公开.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
开始 (開始)kāi shǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
开放 (開放)kāi fàngto bloom; to open

See also: Japanese symbol for “overt”.

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.

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