公 gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- Made of
- 八 eight 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
公里
gōnglǐ
kilometer
Characters in this word
里 lǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 里 — inside
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学校三公里。 Xuéxiào sān gōnglǐ. The school is three kilometers away.
- 我走一公里。 Wǒ zǒu yì gōnglǐ. I walk one kilometer.
- 还有两公里。 Hái yǒu liǎng gōnglǐ. There are two kilometers left.