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宫
宮
Gōng
1. surname Gong
Very Common • Top 2% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

宫
gōng
palace; surname
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

宫崎
Gōngqí
Miyazaki
故宫
Gùgōng
the Forbidden City
南宫
Nángōng
Nangong county level city in Xingtai [[邢台<Xíngtái>]], Hebei
仙宫
xiāngōng
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
宫掖
gōngyè
palace apartments
宫殿
gōngdiàn
palace
HSK 6
后宫
hòugōng
harem
宫颈
gōngjǐng
cervix
宫阙
gōngquè
palace
宫缩
gōngsuō
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
宫观
gōngguàn
Taoist temple
宫调
gōngdiào
modes of ancient Chinese music
进宫
jìngōng
to enter the emperor's palace
迷宫
mígōng
maze
地宫
dìgōng
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
行宫
xínggōng
temporary imperial residence
天宫
Tiāngōng
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor)
离宫
lígōng
detached palace
子宫
zǐgōng
uterus
自宫
zìgōng
to castrate oneself

Alternate Entries

宫
gōng
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
981
Word Frequency Rank
1,843 of 84,292

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