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Public Official I Governmental Open Formal Government Fairness

Kanji
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade2, kanjifreq1-250

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