宮 (gung1 | gong1) : palace

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宮

gung1

gong1

[1] [n] palace [2] [n] castration

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

宮 / 宫

Don't confuse with:
官

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Oct 2009 23:07

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皇宮 wong4 gung1 huang2 gong1 = imperial palace

白宮 baak6 gung1 bai2 gong1 = the White House

宮殿 gung1 din6 = palace

九宮格 gau2 gung1 gaak3*2 jiu3 gong1 ge2 = squared paper for practicing calligraphy

文化宮 man4 faa3 gung1 wen2 hua4 gong1 = cultural palace

春宮 ceon1 gung1 chun1 gong1 = pornography

子宮 zi2 gung1 zi3 gong1 = uterus; womb

子宮頸 zi2 gung1 geng2 zi3 gong1 jing3 = cervix; neck of the uterus

子宮頸癌 zi2 gung1 geng2 ngaam4 zi3 gong1 jing3 ai2 = cervical cancer

故宮 gu3 gung1 gu4 gong1 = The Imperial Palace
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Decimal representation of this word: 宮
Unicode code for this character: U+5bae (off-site link)

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