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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
- —公庁offices of a public or governmental organization (organisation)
- —公序public order; public policy
- —公知public knowledge; common knowledge
- —公傷occupational injury
- —公権civil rights
- —老公elderly nobleman
- —公住apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation
- —自公(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
- —公助public assistance (i.e. assistance provided by a public body)
- —先公previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach
- —公欠authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
- —三公three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
- —公地public land; government land
- —主公master; main character; protagonist
- —至公perfect fairness
- —公簡official letter (esp. in internal company corresp.); formal letter
- —公空international airspace; international space
- —公比common ratio; geometric ratio
- —公利public good; public profit
- —公衙government office; public office