gōng palace; temple

Made up of [ mián roof radical 40, kǒu mouth radical 30]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 9 strokes.
A suggestion of many rooms under one roof and therefore a palace. The simplified form lacks the join between the 'rooms' but is a recognized old form for the character
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses mián component: ān (peace) bǎo (jewel) ; dìng (to set) ; (rich) ; guān (official) ; hán (cold) ; jiā (house) ; (customer) ; nìng (better) ; róng (to hold) ; shì (room) ; shí (real) ; song (Song) ; (it) ; xué (cave) ; (proper) ; yuàn (courtyard) ; zāi (disaster) ; (letter)
Also uses kǒu component: (supposition or suggestion) chàng (to sing) ; chāo (to exceed) ; chī (to eat) ; chuán (boat) ; fēi (coffee) ; (rich) ; (good fortune) ; gào (to tell) ; (each) ; gǒu (dog) ; (ancient) ; hāi (sound of sighing) ; hào (name) ; (together) ; (to close) ; (drink) ; hēng (prosperous) ; hòu (behind) ; huí (to circle) ; huò (maybe) ; (lucky) ; jiào (called) ; jīng (capital) ; jiù (fault) ; (sentence) ; (office) ; jūn (monarch) ; (coffee) ; (can) ; lìng (other) ; (?) ; mìng (life) ; míng (name) ; míng (to call (birds)) ; ne (and you?) ; (hops) ; pǐn (article) ; (as) ; shàng (still) ; shì (matter) ; shǐ (history) ; suī (although) ; tái (typhoon) ; táng (Tang) ; tīng (to listen) ; tóng (same) ; wèn (ask) ; (to be fond of) ; xiōng (elder brother) ; yǎo (to bite) ; yòu (right) ; (language) ; yuán (person) ; yuē (to speak) ; zhān (to observe) ; zhī (one) ; zhī (to know) ; zhōu (circuit) ; (foot)

Sounds same

gōng (work) ; gōng (public) ; gōng (accomplishment) ; gōng (bow) ; gōng (to provide)

Different tone

gǒng (two hands) ; gòng (common)

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Pronunciation

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