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宫

gōng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Traditional 宮

宫 (gōng) means "palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 宫 means

1. palace
2. temple
3. castration (as corporal punishment)
4. first note in pentatonic scale

Other readings

宫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gōngsurname Gong

Example sentences

• 皇宫警衞森严。
  Huánggōng jǐng wèi sēnyán.
  The palace was heavily guarded.
• 宫崎不是它往日的样子了。
  Gōngqí bù shì tā wǎngrì de yàngzi le.
  Miyazaki is not what it used to be.
• 贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。
  Guìzú zhù zài gùgōng de dōngbian hé xībiān.
  Aristocrats lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.
• 埃菲尔铁塔和卢浮宫在同一座城市。
  āifēi'ěr Tiětǎ hé Lúfúgōng zài tóngyī zuò chéngshì.
  The Eiffel Tower is in the same city as the Louvre Museum.
• 他出生在一个宫殿里，那宫殿已经不存在了。
  Tā chūshēng zài yī gè gōngdiàn lǐ, nà gōngdiàn yǐjīng bù cúnzài le.
  He was born in a palace that isn't there any more.
• 守宫砂是中国古代用来验证女人贞操的方法.
  Shǒugōng shā shì Zhōngguó gǔdài yònglái yànzhèng nǚrén zhēncāo de fāngfǎ.
  Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.

Words starting with 宫

• 宫殿gōng diànpalace
• 宫廷gōng tíngcourt (of king or emperor)
• 宫女gōng nǚpalace maid
• 宫崎Gōng qí(Japanese surname) Miyazaki; Miyazaki (prefecture and city in Japan)
• 宫本Gōng běnMiyamoto (Japanese surname)
• 宫主gōng zhǔimperial empress; milady
• 宫人gōng rénimperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old)
• 宫位gōng wèihouse (astrology)
• 宫刑gōng xíngcastration (archaic punishment)
• 宫城Gōng chéngMiyagi (prefecture in Japan)
• 宫缩gōng suōcontraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
• 宫观gōng guànTaoist temple
• 宫调gōng diàomodes of ancient Chinese music
• 宫爆肉丁gōng bào ròu dīngstir-fried diced pork
• 宫保鸡丁gōng bǎo jī dīngKung Pao Chicken; spicy diced chicken
• 宫爆鸡丁gōng bào jī dīnggong bao chicken; spicy diced chicken
• 宫内节育器gōng nèi jié yù qìintrauterine device (IUD)
• 宫外孕gōng wài yùnectopic pregnancy
• 宫颈gōng jǐngcervix; the neck of the uterus
• 宫颈管gōng jǐng guǎn(anatomy) cervical canal
• 宫崎吾朗Gōng qí Wú lǎngMiyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
• 宫商角徵羽gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔpre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do…
• 宫崎骏Gōng qí JùnMiyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
• 宫阙gōng quèpalace

Words containing 宫

• 子宫zǐ gōnguterus; womb
• 白宫Bái gōngWhite House
• 皇宫huáng gōngimperial palace
• 迷宫mí gōngmaze; labyrinth
• 王宫wáng gōngimperial palace
• 故宫gù gōngformer imperial palace
• 后宫hòu gōngharem; chambers of imperial concubines
• 卢浮宫Lú fú gōngthe Louvre, museum in Paris
• 南宫Nán gōngtwo-character surname Nangong; see 南宫市
• 布达拉宫Bù dá lā gōngPotala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
• 天宫Tiān gōngTemple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program
• 文化宫wén huà gōngcultural palace
• 克里姆林宫Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōngthe Kremlin
• 故宫博物院Gù gōng Bó wù yuànPalace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei
• 行宫xíng gōngtemporary imperial residence
• 少年宫Shào nián GōngChildren's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular…
• 雍和宫Yōng hé GōngYonghe Temple; Lama Temple (Beijing)
• 龙宫lóng gōngpalace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
• 白金汉宫Bái jīn hàn GōngBuckingham Palace
• 冬宫Dōng gōngWinter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum
• 阿房宫Ē páng GōngEpang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇…
• 凡尔赛宫Fán ěr sài Gōngthe Palace of Versailles, France
• 月宫yuè gōngPalace in the Moon (in folk tales)
• 水晶宫Shuǐ jīng gōngThe Crystal Palace

Characters that look like 宫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official
• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 盲mángblind

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.