公

public, prince, official, governmental

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

クコウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おおやけ

Nanori (名乗り)

あきらききみきんたかただしともひろまさ

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:4

JLPT:N4

Frequency:118

Vocabulary

ク

Word	Reading	Meaning
守公	シュク	outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
公田	クデン	paddy administered directly by a ruler
公事	クジ	political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
公文	クモン	kumon; official documents submitted to the central government (ritsuryō system)
公文式	クモンシキ	Kumon method (of learning)

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
官公庁	カンコウチョウ	government and municipal offices; public agencies
公安	コウアン	public peace; public safety; public security; peace and order; security police
公営	コウエイ	public management
公益	コウエキ	public interest; public benefit; public good
公益法人	コウエキホウジン	public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
公	きみ	you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master; he; she
公	おおやけ	official; governmental; formal; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open; exposure to public view
公司	コンス	company (in China); firm
公定歩合	こうていぶあい	official discount (bank) rate
国家公務員	こっかこうむいん	(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

Buddha, the dead, France

meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Grade 2JLPT N/A

plump, thick, big around

ladle, one tenth of a go, dip