公(gōng)

HSK 24 strokes

public

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Character information

Pinyin
gōng
Meaning
public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 公 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱八厶

To divide 八 what is private 厶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

八bā厶sī

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 公 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 公

Common words using 公 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

gōng公jiāo交chē车
HSK 2

public transport vehicle

Open 公交车 page →
gōng公bù布
HSK 3

variant of 公布[gong1 bu4]

Open 公布 page →
gōng公zhǔ主
HSK 6

princess

Open 公主 page →
zhǔ主rén人gōng公
HSK 7-9

hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist

Open 主人公 page →
bù不gōng公

unjust; unfair

Open 不公 page →
zhǔ主gōng公

Your Highness; Your Majesty

Open 主公 page →
chōng充gōng公

to confiscate

Open 充公 page →
rén人mín民gōng公shè社

people's commune

Open 人民公社 page →

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万且业为主举久乐

From 公’s common words

交车布主人不充民

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