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宮

gōng

palace, temple, dwelling, enclose

Strokes
10
Radical
宀
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 宫

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 宫, the simplified form of 宮. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。

    Guì zú zhù zài gù gōng de dōng bian hé xī biān

    Aristocrats lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.

  • 他出生在一个宫殿里,那宫殿已经不存在了。

    Tā chū shēng zài yī gè gōng diàn lǐ nà gōng diàn yǐ jīng bù cún zài le

    He was born in a palace that isn't there any more.

  • 埃菲尔铁塔和卢浮宫在同一座城市。

    Āi fēi ěr Tiě tǎ hé Lú fú gōng zài tóng yī zuò chéng shì

    The Eiffel Tower is in the same city as the Louvre Museum.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 宫

  • 宫gōng 1palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
  • 宫殿gōng diàn 1–4 palace
  • 皇宫huáng gōng 2–1 imperial palace
  • 宫廷gōng tíng 1–2 court (of king or emperor)