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公 kanji
public, prince, official, governmental
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
コウク
Kun readings
おおやけ
Words with 公
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —聖公会Anglican Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
- —自公民Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
- —ポリ公police; policeman; police officer
- —公権力public power; governmental authority
- —鉛公害lead pollution
- —公企業public corporation
- —公務中on duty
- —アメ公American; Yankee; Yank
- —イタ公Italian person
- —無公害non-polluting; pollution-free; clean (e.g. energy)
- —公述人speaker at a public hearing
- —為公会Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
- —公欠届absence permission slip
- —公々然completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight
- —鬼郭公Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
- —公会議Ecumenical Council
- —礼奉公free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
- —公開鍵public key
- —公開文public text
- —公労委Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission