gōng

palace; temple; surname Gong

Character data

Radical ⼧ (40.7)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

宮 gōng
  1. 1. palace
  2. 2. temple
  3. 3. surname Gong
  4. 4. first note in pentatonic scale
  5. 5. castration (as corporal punishment)

Words containing 宮

Word Meaning
Buckingham Palace
imperial palace
the Louvre, museum in Paris
palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)
the Louvre, museum in Paris (Tw)
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
uterus; womb
to castrate oneself
Palais des Nations
blank square grid for writing characters
to win top marks in exams; come first
temporary imperial residence
maze; labyrinth
to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
to force the king or emperor to abdicate
Epang Palace of the First Qin Emperor
Yonghe Temple; Lama Temple (Beijing)
detached palace; imperial villa
place occupied by sinister forces; lit. devils' castle
The Name of the Rose, 1986 film
the Louvre
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
Rumphius’s slit shell sea snail
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