gōng

public; fair; just

HSK 2 #115

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 115th character
Radical ⼋ (12.2)
Strokes 4
Index # 148

Definitions

公 gōng
  1. 1. public
  2. 2. fair
  3. 3. just
  4. 4. common
  5. 5. make public
  6. 6. collectively owned
  7. 7. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  8. 8. male (animal)
  9. 9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. 10. father-in-law
  11. 11. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility wǔ děng jué wèi

Stroke order

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Words containing 公

Word Meaning
public health
public health
public facilities; infrastructure
public facilities; infrastructure
public property
public property
public morality; social ethics
public expenditure
public expenditure
public relations
public relations
common zeros (of system of equations)
common zeros (of system of equations)
metric units
metric units
official business
government functionary
government functionary
functionary; office-bearer
business class (airplane travel)
business class (airplane travel)
public placement (investing)
serving spoon; centiliter (i.e. 10 ml), abbr. to sháo
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
club sandwich