IDENTITY
公gōngpublic; fair; male (animal)
HSK 3Top 150
CORE MEANING
public; fair; male (animal)
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.publicHSK3
- 2.fairHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 八eight radical (bā)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱八厶
- opening up
- the private (closed)
USAGE
Common words
公园gōngyuánpark
公司gōngsīcompany
公共gōnggòngpublic
Graded examples
公园里有很多人。Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō rén.HSK2
There are many people in the park.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Opening (八) what was private (厶) to all — the public, the fair.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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