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
great uncle; grandfather's younger brother
trade association
heaven; lord of heaven
(old) grandfather; great-grandfather; father
keep trying to solve a hard problem
Lord Guan (i.e. guān yǔ)
people's commune
official letter
publicly (owned, financed, operated etc); run by the state
millimeter
benefactor
(old form of address for one's husband) husband
govt funds for trips, meals and cars
govt funds for travel, meals, official cars
listed company
Baosteel
Baosteel
subsidiary (company)
subsidiary (company)
injustice
General Office of CPC Central Committee
General Office of CPC Central Committee
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)