Chinese symbol for “righteousness”
公义
gōng yì
Traditional: 公義
righteousness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for righteousness is 公义 (gōng yì), defined as: righteousness.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “righteousness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正义 (正義) | zhèng yì | justice; righteousness; just; righteous |
| 大义 (大義) | dà yì | righteousness; virtuous cause |
| 礼义 (禮義) | lǐ yì | righteousness; justice |
| 义 (義) | yì | justice; righteousness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公义.
| 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 |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
| 社会主义 (社會主義) | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism |
See also: Japanese symbol for “righteousness”.
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.