宫

gōng

g+ōng·1st tone

palace · temple

Radical: 宀 Strokes: 9 HSK 6

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

家安定客官实密室寒容守宝

Same radical

家安定客官实密室寒容守宝宿宁宗

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Character Decomposition

宫=宀+吕

Etymology

roof

Meanings

palace

temple

castration (as corporal punishment)

first note in pentatonic scale

gōng

surname Gong

Gōng

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Words with 宫 389 total

underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)地宫dì gōng detached palace · imperial villa离宫lí gōng to force the king or emperor to abdicate逼宫bī gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor · (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor冷宫lěng gōng empress and imperial concubines or their residence六宫liù gōng imperial palace皇宫huáng gōng gecko; house lizard守宫shǒu gōng

Idioms with 宫 23 total Chain

lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) · fig. to succeed in the imperial examination蟾宫折桂chán gōng zhé guì (idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history打入冷宫dǎ rù lěng gōng (idiom) permeated with beautiful music含宫咀徵hán gōng jǔ zhǐ

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