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宫
宮
gōng
1. palace
2. temple
3. castration (as corporal punishment)
4. first note in pentatonic scale
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

宫
gōng
palace; surname
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

仙宫
xiāngōng
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
冬宫
Dōnggōng
Winter Palace (St Petersburg)
南宫
Nángōng
Nangong county level city in Xingtai [[邢台<Xíngtái>]], Hebei
地宫
dìgōng
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
天宫
Tiāngōng
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor)
子宫
zǐgōng
uterus
守宫
shǒugōng
gecko
宫廷
gōngtíng
court (of king or emperor)
宫主
gōngzhǔ
imperial empress
宫人
gōngrén
imperial concubine or palace maid
宫刑
gōngxíng
castration (archaic punishment)
宫城
Gōngchéng
Miyagi prefecture in north of Japan's main island Honshū [[本州<Běnzhōu>]]
宫女
gōngnǚ
palace maid
宫崎
Gōngqí
Miyazaki
宫掖
gōngyè
palace apartments
宫殿
gōngdiàn
palace
HSK 6
宫缩
gōngsuō
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
宫观
gōngguàn
Taoist temple
宫调
gōngdiào
modes of ancient Chinese music
宫阙
gōngquè
palace

Alternate Entries

宫
Gōng
surname Gong

Metadata

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

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