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
government post in Han dynasty
public toilet
hectometer
public spirit; civility
desire for the public good; sense of fair play
public anger; popular indignation
referendum; abbr. for gōng mín tóu piào
elected by acclamation; recommended by all
milliliter
quintal (100 kg)
quintal (100 kg)
public enemy
decaliter
arbitration (law)
Gregorian calendar; solar calendar
guild
public ownership
to nationalize; to take over as communal property
contentious issue; complex legal case; koan (Zen Buddhism)
police, prosecutors and courts
police, prosecutors and courts
husband and wife
husband and wife
centigram
referendum; plebiscite