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
公然
gōngrán
openly; brazenly
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他在听证会上公然否认已经签过字，令在场代表十分震惊。 Tā zài tīngzhènghuì shang gōngrán fǒurèn yǐjīng qiān guo zì, lìng zàichǎng dàibiǎo shífēn zhènjīng. At the hearing, he openly denied having signed, leaving the representatives present deeply shocked.
- 他公然违反了班里的规定，一点也不害怕。 Tā gōngrán wéifǎn le bān lǐ de guīdìng, yìdiǎn yě bú hàipà. He openly broke the class rules and wasn't the least bit afraid.
- 有人在图书馆里公然大声打电话，别人都很不满。 Yǒu rén zài túshūguǎn lǐ gōngrán dàshēng dǎ diànhuà, biérén dōu hěn bùmǎn. Someone was brazenly talking loudly on the phone in the library, and everyone else was unhappy.