宫

gōng

“Palace” in Chinese is 宫 (gōng).

Other characters with the syllable gong: see all 13 →

Meaning

palace
temple
castration (as corporal punishment)

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first note in pentatonic scale
surname Gong

Example

最高法院位于皇宫附近。

From 皇宫 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 宫

宫殿gōngdiànpalaceHSK 7-9 宫廷gōngtíngcourt (of king or emperor)HSK 7-9 皇宫huánggōngimperial palaceHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

挨áiin order; in sequenceHSK 6 傲àoproudHSK 6 罢bàto stopHSK 6 榜bǎngnotice or announcementHSK 6 傍bàngnearHSK 6 胞bāoplacentaHSK 6 暴bàosuddenHSK 6 爆bàoto explode; to burstHSK 6 奔bènto hurryHSK 6 逼bīto compelHSK 6

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