Chinese Character Wiki
宮

gōng

palace

Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components
宀 iconic component

宀  Iconic component

mián

  

roof

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts two rooms.

Evolution

宮 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宮 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
宮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宮 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
宮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宫 (宮) 

gōng

palace, temple, dwelling, enclose; palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale

宫 (宮) 

Gōng

surname Gong

Most common words with 宮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宫

palace

白宫

White House

子宫

uterus

宫殿

palace

迷宫

maze

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

營 营

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)uŋ

kjuwng

gōng

dwelling; palace; note of scale


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.2880% of movies

1388th most common character in movies

982nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

宫

Unicode

U+5BAE

Shuowen

“宮，室也。从宀，躳省聲。”


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