公 (gōng): meaning and stroke order
公 (gōng) means public, collectively owned, common.
公
- Simplified
- 公
- Traditional
- 公 (same form)
- Pinyin
- gōng
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Stroke order of 公
公
- gōng public; collectively owned
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 公
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gōng
- 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)
Radical and structure
- 公
- Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 4 strokes · 八 on top, 厶 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 公
- 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility
- 公平 gōng píng fair; impartial
- 公道 gōng dào justice; fairness
- 主公 zhǔ gōng Your Highness; Your Majesty
- 公主 gōng zhǔ princess
- 公里 gōng lǐ kilometer
- 公布 gōng bù to announce; to make public; to publish
- 公司 gōng sī company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- 雷公 Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
- 艄公 shāo gōng helmsman; boatman
- 公交车 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle; town bus
- 办公室 bàn gōng shì office; business premises
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).