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公

public
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingコウ、ク
Kun readingおおやけ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. publicRtK
    多くの国が公の場所での喫煙を禁止する法律を通過させている。Many countries have passed laws to prohibit people from smoking in public places.tatoeba
    今で言うみなし公務員。They were what would now be called deemed public servants.wiki
  2. governmental
  3. official
    鎌倉幕府の半公式記録。A semi-official record of events connected to the Kamakura bakufu.wiki
    公卿・清水谷公正の子。He was a son of Kinnao SHIMIZUDANI who was Kugyo (the top court officials).wiki
  4. prince
  1. public (use, matter, forum, etc.)
  2. common

Popular Usage

公園公務員公平公害公共公式公衆公正公表公務

Radicals and components

Radical八eight
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eight (八) · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 847

Compound words

公園こうえん
(public) park
公務員こうむいん
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
公平こうへい
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
公害こうがい
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
公共こうきょう
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
公式こうしき
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
公衆こうしゅう
the public; general public
公正こうせい
justice; fairness; impartiality
公表こうひょう
official announcement; proclamation
公務こうむ
official business; public business
公卿くぎょう
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
公案こうあん
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
ハチ公ハチこう
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
公開するこうかいする
to open
公表するこうひょうする
official announcement
公安こうあん
public peace; public safety; public security; peace and order; security police
公営こうえい
public management
公益こうえき
public interest; public benefit; public good
公演こうえん
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
公海こうかい
high seas; international waters
公開こうかい
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.)
公館こうかん
official residence
公金こうきん
public funds
公言こうげん
declaration; profession

On Reading Examples

審判は両チームに対して公平でなければならない。こうへい
A referee must be fair to both teams.tatoeba
私たちはすべての人を公平に扱うようにすべきだ。こうへい
We should try to treat everybody with justice.tatoeba
我が家の大きな土地を子供たちのために公平に区分する。こうへい
We will divide the large area of family land equally between our children.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

その老人は１０年前に公の生活から引退した。おおやけ
The old man retired from public life ten years ago.tatoeba
その政治家は前言を取り消して公に謝罪するはめになった。おおやけ
The politician had to take back his words and eat crow.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不公平に扱われたのに不平を言った。
He complained of having been treated unfairly.tatoeba
彼は不公平な扱いを受けていると不平を言った。
He complained that he was unfairly treated.tatoeba
彼は必要な数学の公式を完全にマスターしていた。
He had complete mastery over the necessary mathematics formula.tatoeba
彼は彼女との婚約を公表した。
He announced his engagement to her.tatoeba
湖東県立自然公園
Koto Prefectural Natural Parkwiki
丹波自然運動公園
Tanba Shizen Undo Koen Park (Tanba Nature Exercise Park)wiki
父は東京都庁の公務員。
His father was a government worker for the City Council of Tokyo Prefecture.wiki
明治時代後期に発生した日本の公害の原点である。
That was the origin of pollution which occurred in Japan in the late Meiji period.wiki
1973年までに足尾の銅は掘りつくされて閉山、公害は減少した。
Ashio's copper mines were depleted by 1973 and closed, causing the pollution to decrease.wiki
公共政策学研究科
Graduate School of Public Policywiki
公共政策研究部門
Research Division of Public Policywiki
詔：公式な天子の命令文。
Mikotonori: an Imperial edict which is officially issued.wiki
室町幕府奉公衆。
Hokoshu (shogunal military guard) of the Muromachi shogunate.wiki
日本の公衆浴場の一種。
It's a kind of public bathhous in Japan.wiki
敦賀県貫属士族　由利公正
Kimimasa YURI, Shizoku of Tsuruga Prefecturewiki
写真も公表されていない。
In addition, its photo has never been publicized either.wiki
- 前立腺癌の脊椎転移を公表。
Metastasis of prostate cancer to the spine is publicly announced.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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