| 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 N1
1160 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 序 【ジョ】 order, ordering, beginning, start, foreword, preface, introduction, opening of a song (in gagaku or noh)
- 序盤 【ジョバン】 opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.), early stages, initial phase, outset
- 公序 【コウジョ】 public order, public policy
- 西序 【セイジョ】 memorial rite involving the western sanctum
Kun reading compounds
- 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
- 序でに 【ついでに】 while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
- 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
- 序でに 【ついでに】 while (one is at it), when, on the occasion of, at the same time (as), on one's way (to), by the way, incidentally, in passing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぐ
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- inicio
- comienzo
- orden
- precedencia
- prefacio
Portuguese
- prefácio
- começo
- pedido
- precedência
- ocasião
- oportunidade
- acidentalmente
French
- début
- préface
- ordre
- priorité
- occasion
- avant
- en passant
| 638 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 734 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 710 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1342 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1502 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 507 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1258 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 507 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 770 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 784 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 953 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 583 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3803 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1945 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2639 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9253 | Morohashi |
| 3065 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1607 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1594 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1720 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 670 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 0022.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e8f | Unicode hex code |