Chinese Character 公 Meanings and components.

Form

公

Meaning

公 meaning[3] in English

Public.

Collectively Owned.

Common.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 公 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eight (八) , and old variant of … (厶)

Its radical[1] is: 八 (ba1) which means: Eight, 8, .八ba1eight

In cangjie it is written with CI

How to write 公

To write公gong1public you should write a combination of 八ba1eight , 厶si1old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

八 + 厶 = 公

公 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 公 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 公, looks as follow:

公
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 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)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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