公认

Traditional form:

公認

Pinyin (reading):

gōngrèn

Definitions:

• publicly known (to be)
• accepted (as)

Characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 认 - to know, to recognize, to understand

Traditional characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 認 - to know, to recognize, to understand