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

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

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.

Appears In

also appears in:

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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  • 245th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wu4)affair • business • matter

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

任务 (任務)
服务 (服務)

Uncommon

乘务员 (乘務員)
事务 (事務)
事务所 (事務所)
债务 (債務)
公务 (公務)
公务员 (公務員)
务实 (務實)
务必 (務必)
商务 (商務)
商务部 (商務部)
国务院 (國務院)
家务 (家務)
常务 (常務)
服务员 (服務員)
服务器 (服務器)
服务业 (服務業)
服务生 (服務生)
业务 (業務)
税务 (稅務)
义务 (義務)
职务 (職務)
财务 (財務)

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  • 1843rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cāng (cang1)cabin • the hold of a ship or airplane

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cāng (cang1)The component is pronounced as 'cāng' (cang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

机舱 (機艙)
头等舱 (頭等艙)

Uncommon

公务舱 (公務艙)
太空舱 (太空艙)
客舱 (客艙)
座舱 (座艙)
经济舱 (經濟艙)
船舱 (船艙)
舱位 (艙位)
货舱 (貨艙)
驾驶舱 (駕駛艙)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.