| 210 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 277 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 122 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 579 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 219 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 341 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 156 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 126 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 126 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 323 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 152 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2468 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1249 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1715 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 792 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1452 | Morohashi |
| 1974 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 372 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 784 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 847 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 212 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 92 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 公 【コウ】 public affair, government matter, the state, the government, the public, duke, prince, Sir, Lord, familiar or derogatory suffix
- 公安 【コウアン】 public safety, public welfare
- 大公 【タイコウ】 archduke
- 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
- 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court
- 公廨 【クガイ】 government office
- 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
Kun reading compounds
- 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
- 公所 【おおやけどころ】 imperial court, government office, imperial land, government land
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 き、 きみ、 きん、 たか、 ただし、 とも、 ひろ、 まさ
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- público
- imparcial
- oficial
Portuguese
- público
- príncipe
- oficial
- governamental
French
- public
- prince
- officiel
- gouvernemental
| 2071 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8073.0 | Four corner code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 516c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
167 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 報 【ホウ】 information, news, report, reward, retribution
- 報告 【ホウコク】 report, information
- 会報 【カイホウ】 bulletin (issued by a society), report, newsletter
- 注意報 【チュウイホウ】 warning (e.g. for a storm), advisory
Kun reading compounds
- 報いる 【むくいる】 to reward, to recompense, to repay, to retaliate, to get revenge
Readings
- Korean:
- bo, bu
Spanish
- informar
- recompensar
- responder
- compensar
- reembolsar
Portuguese
- relatório
- notícias
- recompensa
- retribuição
French
- rapport
- information
- faire savoir
- récompense
- rétribution
| 717 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 810 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 789 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 306 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1114 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 295 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 436 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1667 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 685 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 698 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 891 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 352 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2133 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1115 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1515 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1521 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5275 | Morohashi |
| 1698 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1059 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1507 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1625 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 310 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 767 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b9.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4744.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5831 | Unicode hex code |