Question

公 おおやけ public, prince, official, governmental 2 118 4 12 はち・は・はちがしら 象形 Pictographic I always open the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don´t want to touch the door with my hands.

Accepted Answer

コウ、ク あきら, き, きみ, きん, たか, ただし, とも, ひろ, まさ 公園(こうえん): (public) park公演(こうえん): (1) public performance (2) sumo exhibition in a foreign country公開(こうかい): open to the public; exhibit公共(こうきょう): public; community; public service; society; communal公式(こうしき): (1) formality; formal; official (2) formula公害(こうがい): pollution; public nuisance; contamination公認(こうにん): official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation公表(こうひょう): official announcement; proclamation公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant公立(こうりつ): public (institution)公正(こうせい): justice; fairness; impartiality公団(こうだん): public corporation公平(こうへい): fairness; impartial; justice公務(こうむ): official business; public business公然(こうぜん): open (e.g. secret); public; official; overt公衆(こうしゅう): the public; general public主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household公募(こうぼ): public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post)公用(こうよう): (1) government business; official business (2) public; official; governmental公(おおやけ): official; public; formal; open; governmental 2 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 八 2 (none) public I always enter the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don´t want to touch the door with my hands.

Kanji	公
Onyomi	コウ、ク
Kunyomi	おおやけ
Nanori	あきら, き, きみ, きん, たか, ただし, とも, ひろ, まさ
English	public, prince, official, governmental
Examples	公園(こうえん): (public) park 公演(こうえん): (1) public performance (2) sumo exhibition in a foreign country 公開(こうかい): open to the public; exhibit 公共(こうきょう): public; community; public service; society; communal 公式(こうしき): (1) formality; formal; official (2) formula 公害(こうがい): pollution; public nuisance; contamination 公認(こうにん): official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation 公表(こうひょう): official announcement; proclamation 公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant 公立(こうりつ): public (institution) 公正(こうせい): justice; fairness; impartiality 公団(こうだん): public corporation 公平(こうへい): fairness; impartial; justice 公務(こうむ): official business; public business 公然(こうぜん): open (e.g. secret); public; official; overt 公衆(こうしゅう): the public; general public 主人公(しゅじんこう): (1) protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story) (2) head of household 公募(こうぼ): public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post) 公用(こうよう): (1) government business; official business (2) public; official; governmental 公(おおやけ): official; public; formal; open; governmental
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	118
Components	八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28)
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	八
Radical Number	12
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	はち・は・はちがしら
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	public
Koohii Story 1	I always open the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don´t want to touch the door with my hands.
Koohii Story 2	I always enter the doors to the public restrooms with my elbows because I don´t want to touch the door with my hands.

Public Official I Governmental Open Formal Government Fairness