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公 = 八 + 厶

公 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “fair”. It is built from 八 (eight) and 厶 (private). It appears as a component in 23 other characters in this index.

Keyword
fair
Pinyin (Mandarin)
gōng
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
fair, equitable, справедливый, equitable
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
公 public

Decomposition

ids

  1. 八 eight
  2. 厶 private

Characters that contain 公

How to find 公 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eight” + “private”. 公 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 公 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.