| 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 |
publish, carve, engrave
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
855 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刊 【カン】 publication, edition (e.g. morning, evening, special), published in (year), publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
- 刊行 【カンコウ】 publication, issue
- 週刊 【シュウカン】 weekly publication
- 休刊 【キュウカン】 suspension of publication
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- publicar
- editar
Portuguese
- publicar
- gravar
- cunhar
French
- publier
- ciseler
- graver
| 750 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 666 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 636 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 619 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1493 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 604 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 351 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 585 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 594 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1138 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 221 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 139 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 167 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1665 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1865 | Morohashi |
| 190 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 456 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1650 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1779 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 648 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3143 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 1240.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 520a | Unicode hex code |