Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
eight
Parts:
public, prince, official, governmental
Kun:
おおやけ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • público
  • imparcial
  • oficial

Portuguese

  • público
  • príncipe
  • oficial
  • governamental

French

  • public
  • prince
  • officiel
  • gouvernemental
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)
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

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
daybreak, dawn, in the event
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1924 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暁星 【ギョウセイ】 morning star, Venus, rarity
  • 暁鴉 【ギョウア】 crow cawing in the morning, crows crying in the morning
  • 早暁 【ソウギョウ】 daybreak, dawn
  • 通暁 【ツウギョウ】 well versed, thorough knowledge
  • 払暁 【フツギョウ】 dawn, daybreak
  • 寒暁 【カンギョウ】 cold winter dawn

Kun reading compounds

  • 暁 【あかつき】 dawn, daybreak, event (e.g. "in the event of ..."), occasion, occurrence
  • 暁起き 【あかつきおき】 waking up just before daybreak

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 あけ、 さと、 さとる、 てる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
hyo

Spanish

  • aurora
  • madrugada
  • amanecer

Portuguese

  • aurora
  • amanhecer
  • no evento

French

  • point du jour
  • aube
  • au cas où
1174 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1747 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2139 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1583 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1409 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1596 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1658 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1772 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1858 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
989 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1233 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
669 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
892 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1209 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14031 Morohashi
980 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2485 New Nelson (John Haig)
1201 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1285 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1545 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3857 2001 Kanji
4c8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
6401.1 Four corner code
1-22-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6681 Unicode hex code