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宫

Traditional: 宮

gōng

HSK 3.0 · 6

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gōng · gung1 (Jyutping)

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

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

宫

Meaning
palace
Radical
宀
Strokes
9
Components
⿱宀吕
Cangjie
JRR
Four-corner
3060

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