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
公开
gōngkāi
public; open
Characters in this word
开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请公开说。 Qǐng gōngkāi shuō. Please say it openly.
- 消息公开了。 Xiāoxi gōngkāi le. The news is public now.
- 他公开道歉。 Tā gōngkāi dàoqiàn. He apologizes publicly.