Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: public, prince, official, governmental

Kunyomi: おおやけ

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はちがしら

Meaning: eight

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

園(こうえん)   park

害(こうがい)   public nuisance, pollution

判(こうはん)   public hearing, trial

式(こうしき)   formula, formal, official

立(こうりつ)   public

務員(こうむいん)   public employee

主人(しゅじんこう)   main character, hero

平な(こうへいな)   fair, impartial

認する(こうにんする)   recognize officially, authorize

表する(こうひょうする)   announce publicly

開する(こうかいする)   present to the public

(おおやけ)   official, public, formal [n.]

Onyomi Examples

コウ public matter, governmental matter, prince, duke, lord, sir, familiar or derogatory suffix

コウアン public safety, public welfare

王侯 オウコウ king and princes, noble rank

タイコウ archduke

クゲ court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court

クガイ government office

シュク outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

Kunyomi Examples

おおやけ official, governmental, formal, public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common, being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view

おおやけどころ imperial court, government office, imperial land, government land