公民

Character by character

• 公gōng4 strokesHSK 2fair, equitable; public; duke
• 民mín5 strokesHSK 3people, subjects, citizens

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

Example sentences

• 我是世界公民。

  Wǒ shì shì jiè gōng mín

  I'm a citizen of the world.

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• 他是中国的公民。

  Tā shì Zhōng guó de gōng mín

  He's a citizen of China.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 公民. 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

• 人民rén mínHSK 3

  the people

• 办公室bàn gōng shìHSK 2

  office; business premises; bureau

• 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

• 公共gōng gòngHSK 3

  public; common; communal

• 公路gōng lùHSK 2

  highway; road

• 居民jū mínHSK 4

  resident; inhabitant

• 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

• 市民shì mínHSK 6

  city resident

• 公寓gōng yùHSK 7

  apartment building; block of flats

• 民主mín zhǔHSK 6

  democracy

• 农民nóng mínHSK 3

  peasant; farmer

• 民族mín zúHSK 3

  nationality; ethnic group

• 公正gōng zhèngHSK 5

  just; fair; equitable

• 移民yí mínHSK 4

  to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant

• 民众mín zhòngHSK 7

  the populace; the masses; the common people

• 公斤gōng jīnHSK 2

  kilogram (kg)