经济社会及文化权利国际公约

Traditional form:

經濟社會及文化權利國際公約

Pinyin (reading):

jīngjìshèhuìjíwénhuàquánlìguójìgōngyuē

Definitions:

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

Characters:

• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
• 济 - to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
• 社 - group, organization, society; a god of the soil
• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
• 文 - culture, literature, writing
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 权 - authority, power, right
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 际 - border, boundary, juncture
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement

Traditional characters:

• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
• 濟 - to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
• 社 - group, organization, society; a god of the soil
• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
• 文 - culture, literature, writing
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 權 - authority, power, right
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 際 - border, boundary, juncture
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 約 - treaty, covenant, agreement