公
- Meaning
- public, prince, official, governmental
- On reading
- コウkouクku
- Kun reading
- おおやけooyake
- Strokes
- 4
- Learned in
- Grade 2 of elementary school in Japan
公 in names
When I turn a name into kanji, I use 公 for the sound “ko” (こ) or “kou” (こう).
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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).