| 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 junior high
JLPT level N2
809 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 募集 【ボシュウ】 recruitment, invitation, selection, advertisement, taking applications, raising (funds, donations, etc.), collection, subscription, solicitation, flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
- 募金 【ボキン】 fund-raising, collection of funds
- 公募 【コウボ】 public appeal (e.g. for contributions), public advertisement (of a post), open recruitment, public offering (of securities)
- 急募 【キュウボ】 hurried recruitment, urgent recruitment
Kun reading compounds
- 募る 【つのる】 to become stronger, to grow in intensity, to grow violent, to become worse, to invite contributions, etc., to solicit help, participation, etc., to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- reclutar
- requerir
- recolectar
Portuguese
- recrutar
- campanha
- juntar (contribuições)
- alistar
- ficar violento
French
- recruter
- mener une campagne
- appel (contributions)
- enrôler
- devenir violent
| 1787 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 710 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3996 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1275 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 374 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1718 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1430 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1519 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1155 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 225 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2901 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1492 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2013 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 869 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2416X | Morohashi |
| 2316 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 551 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 861 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 925 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1507 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1945 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k9.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-10-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 4442.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 52df | Unicode hex code |