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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
- —非公開会社privately-held company
- —公議政体論political theory focused on a parliamentary system; parliamentary regime theory
- —法定公共物legal public property
- —モナコ公国Principality of Monaco
- —公衆衛生学public health (studies)
- —公侯伯子男duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
- —自然公園法Natural Parks Act
- —都市公園法Urban Park Act
- —最小公分母lowest common denominator; least common denominator; LCD
- —動植物公園zoo and botanical park
- —年季奉公人indentured servant; articled apprentice
- —公共トイレpublic toilet; public restroom
- —公認心理師licensed psychologist; certified public psychologist
- —公文書偽造forgery of an official document; falsification of public records
- —公安調査局Public Security Investigation Bureau
- —公平委員会Equity Commission
- —公務員協会Society of Civil Servants
- —緑資源公団Japan Green Resources Corporation (now Japan Green Resources Agency)
- —日本聖公会Nippon Sei Ko Kai; Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan
- —新規株式公開initial public offering; IPO