Chinese symbol for “utilitarianism”
功利主义
gōng lì zhǔ yì
Traditional: 功利主義
utilitarianism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for utilitarianism is 功利主义 (gōng lì zhǔ yì), defined as: utilitarianism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “utilitarianism”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 功利主义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成功 | chéng gōng | to succeed; success |
| 功能 | gōng néng | function; capability |
| 功夫 | gōng fu | skill; art |
| 功率 | gōng lǜ | power (rate of doing work, measured in watts) |
| 功效 | gōng xiào | efficacy |
| 功课 (功課) | gōng kè | homework; assignment |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “utilitarianism”.
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.