• 115th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 201 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.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

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)

Medium Frequency

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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  • 510th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhòng (Zhong4)abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 Yi4 Yuan4] House of Representatives
2. zhòng (zhong4)many • numerous • crowd • multitude
3. zhòng (zhong4)variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'cóng' (cong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'cōng' (cong1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'zòng' (zong4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

大众 (大眾)
民众 (民眾)
 ()
众人 (眾人)
众多 (眾多)
众生 (眾生)
群众 (群眾)
观众 (觀眾)

Medium Frequency

公众 (公眾)
出众 (出眾)
哗众取宠 (嘩眾取寵)
小众 (小眾)
当众 (當眾)
众所周知 (眾所周知)
众所周知 (眾所週知)
聚众 (聚眾)
听众 (聽眾)
与众不同 (與眾不同)
芸芸众生 (蕓蕓眾生)
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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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