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公

gōng

HSK 3.0 · 6

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gōng · gung1 (Jyutping)

  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)

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Character breakdown

公

Meaning
fair, equitable; public; duke
Radical
八
Strokes
4
Components
⿱八厶
Cangjie
CI
Four-corner
8073.2

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