1. 公
  2. 私

公

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  • 115th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 543 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
公→
八厶
2Radical
公→
八eight/divide厶private
3Graphical
公→
八㇛丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (gong1)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)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

公 also appears in:
松讼翁颂瓮蚣衮忪頌訟鈆

Example Words

Common

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Uncommon

不公 
主人公 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 

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私

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  • 1021st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
私→
禾厶
2Radical
私→
禾grain厶private
3Graphical
私→
㇒一丨八㇛丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sī (si1)personal • private • selfish

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 私 sī (si1)The component 厶 is pronounced as 'sī' (si1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

私人 
自私 
隐私 (隱私)

Uncommon

公私 
无私 (無私)
私下 
私事 
私募 
私吞 
私奔 
私家 
私家车 (私家車)
私密 
私心 
私情 
私房 
私欲 
私自 
私藏 
私处 (私處)
私语 (私語)
缉私 (緝私)
自私自利 
走私 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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