Kanji1 / 4
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
- N5公園Popular(public) park
- N4公務員Popularpublic employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
- N3公平Popularfairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
- N2公害Popularpollution; public nuisance; contamination
- N2公共Popularpublic (facilities, service, etc.); communal
- N2公式Popularofficial; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
- N2公衆Popularthe public; general public
- N2公正Popularjustice; fairness; impartiality
- N2公表Popularofficial announcement; proclamation
- N2公務Popularofficial business; public business
- N1公演Popularpublic performance; exhibition in a foreign country
- N1公開Popularopening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure; publication
- N1公然Popularopen; public; official; overt
- N1公団Popularpublic corporation; public housing
- N1公認Popularofficial recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
- N1公募Popularpublic appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment; public offering (of securities)
- N1公用Popularofficial business; government business; public business; company duties; public use; government use
- N1公立Popularpublic (institution)
- N1主人公Popularprotagonist; main character; hero; heroine; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
- —公安Popularpublic peace; public safety; public security; peace and order; security police