公 — public, official

こう公 public

こう

U+516C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #118 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #847 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

public
official

Readings

On'yomi: こう kou く ku
Kun'yomi: おおやけ ooyake

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こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

公(こう) kou public 公(こう) 正(せい) kousei fairness 公(こう) 社(しゃ) kousha public corporation 公(こう) 園(えん) kouen park 公(こう) 立(りつ) kouritsu public 公(こう) 言(げん) kougen public declaration 公(こう) 人(じん) koujin public character 公(こう) 子(し) koushi young nobleman

Words by frequency and grade

83 words

Each dot is a word containing 公: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 45 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

公序良俗四字熟語

public order, good customs

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

はち八 eight #12

厶 private

Used as component in (3)

まつ松 pine tree しょう訟 sue おきな翁 venerable old man

Compound ideograph (会意). 八 (divide/separate) above 厶 (private). The opposite of private — what is shared openly. Public, official.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#12 八 eight