公共

Character by character

• 公gōng4 strokesHSK 2fair, equitable; public; duke
• 共gòng6 strokesHSK 2together with, all, total; to share

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 公共. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 公司gōng sīHSK 2

  company; firm; corporation

• 办公室bàn gōng shìHSK 2

  office; business premises; bureau

• 共gòngHSK 4

  common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party

• 共同gòng tóngHSK 3

  common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 公园gōng yuánHSK 2

  park (for public recreation)

• 公平gōng píngHSK 2

  fair; impartial

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 公路gōng lùHSK 2

  highway; road

• 公gōngHSK 6

  public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)

• 公里gōng lǐHSK 2

  kilometer

• 公众gōng zhòngHSK 6

  public

• 公布gōng bùHSK 3

  to announce; to make public; to publish

• 公主gōng zhǔHSK 6

  princess

• 公民gōng mínHSK 3

  citizen

• 公寓gōng yùHSK 7

  apartment building; block of flats

• 公正gōng zhèngHSK 5

  just; fair; equitable

• 一共yī gòngHSK 2

  altogether

• 公斤gōng jīnHSK 2

  kilogram (kg)

• 办公bàn gōngHSK 6

  to handle official business; to work (esp. in an office)

• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùHSK 3

  expressway; highway; freeway

• 共享gòng xiǎngHSK 5

  to share; to enjoy together

• 共有gòng yǒuHSK 3

  to have altogether; in all

• 共和国gòng hé guó

  republic