公斤

Character by character

• 公gōng4 strokesHSK 2fair, equitable; public; duke
• 斤jīn4 strokesHSK 2a catty (approximately 600 g); an axe; keen, shrewd; Kangxi radical 69

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 他比我重十公斤。

  Tā bǐ wǒ zhòng shí gōng jīn

  He outweighs me by 10 kg.

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• 你上个月减了多少公斤？

  Nǐ shàng gè yuè jiǎn le duō shao gōng jīn

  How many kilograms did you lose last month?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 公斤. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 公司gōng sīHSK 2

  company; firm; corporation

• 办公室bàn gōng shìHSK 2

  office; business premises; bureau

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 公园gōng yuánHSK 2

  park (for public recreation)

• 公平gōng píngHSK 2

  fair; impartial

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 公共gōng gòngHSK 3

  public; common; communal

• 公路gōng lùHSK 2

  highway; road

• 公gōngHSK 6

  public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)

• 公里gōng lǐHSK 2

  kilometer

• 公众gōng zhòngHSK 6

  public

• 公布gōng bùHSK 3

  to announce; to make public; to publish

• 公主gōng zhǔHSK 6

  princess

• 公民gōng mínHSK 3

  citizen

• 公寓gōng yùHSK 7

  apartment building; block of flats

• 公正gōng zhèngHSK 5

  just; fair; equitable

• 办公bàn gōngHSK 6

  to handle official business; to work (esp. in an office)

• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùHSK 3

  expressway; highway; freeway

• 公积金gōng jī jīnHSK 7

  official reserves; accumulated fund

• 公告gōng gàoHSK 5

  post; announcement

• 公车gōng chēHSK 7

  bus; abbr. for 公共汽车; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公务用车

• 公务员gōng wù yuánHSK 3

  functionary; office-bearer

• 公关gōng guānHSK 7

  public relations

• 斤jīnHSK 2

  catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g