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Chinese symbol for “republic”

共和国
gòng hé guó
Traditional: 共和國
republic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for republic is 共和国 (gòng hé guó), defined as: republic.

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Characters and stroke order

共 gòng
all, total; together; to share
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
国 guó
country, nation, state; national
radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “republic”

WordPinyinMeaning
共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
共和制gòng hé zhìrepublic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 共和国.

WordPinyinMeaning
共同gòng tóngcommon; joint
公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
共有gòng yǒuin total there are ...; to own jointly
共享gòng xiǎngto share; to enjoy together
共识 (共識)gòng shícommon understanding; consensus
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
和谐 (和諧)hé xiéharmonious; harmony
和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “republic”.

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.