The kanji 公: meaning, readings and stroke order

公

Meaning: public
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: おおやけ ooyake
Strokes: 4
Radical: 八 eight
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: công cộng, chung (công)
Japanese: みんなのもの。おおやけ。
Korean: 모두의, 공공 (공)
Chinese: 公共

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

公こう園えん
park
公こう園えんで弟とあそびます。
I play with my little brother at the park.

おおやけ ooyake · kun reading · less common

公おおやけ
public
その話が 公おおやけになりました。
That story became public.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.