宫
palace; surname; surname Gong; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- Strokes
- 9
- Pinyin
- gōng
Parts
Words with 宫
- 五刑wǔ xíng · wuxingimperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
- 仙宫xiān gōng · xiangongunderground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
- 六宫liù gōng · liugongempress and imperial concubines or their residence
- 冬宫dōng gōng · donggongWinter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum
- 冷宫lěng gōng · lenggong(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
- 南宫nán gōng · nangongtwo-character surname Nangong
- 地宫dì gōng · digongunderground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
- 天宫tiān gōng · tiangongTemple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program
- 子宫zǐ gōng · zigonguterus; womb
- 守宫shǒu gōng · shougonggecko; house lizard
- 宫主gōng zhǔ · gongzhuimperial empress; milady
- 宫人gōng rén · gongrenimperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old)
- 宫位gōng wèi · gongweihouse (astrology)
- 宫刑gōng xíng · gongxingcastration (archaic punishment)
- 宫城gōng chéng · gongchengMiyagi (prefecture in Japan)
- 宫女gōng nǚ · gongnupalace maid
- 宫崎gōng qí · gongqi(Japanese surname) Miyazaki; Miyazaki (prefecture and city in Japan)
- 宫廷gōng tíng · gongtingcourt (of king or emperor)
- 宫掖gōng yè · gongyepalace apartments
- 宫本gōng běn · gongbenMiyamoto (Japanese surname)
- 宫殿gōng diàn · gongdianpalace
- 宫缩gōng suō · gongsuocontraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
- 宫观gōng guàn · gongguanTaoist temple
- 宫调gōng diào · gongdiaomodes of ancient Chinese music
- 宫阙gōng què · gongquepalace
- 宫颈gōng jǐng · gongjingcervix; the neck of the uterus
- 后宫hòu gōng · hougongharem; chambers of imperial concubines
- 故宫gù gōng · gugongthe Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]; former imperial palace
- 春宫chūn gōng · chungongCrown Prince's chambers; by extension, the Crown Prince; erotic picture
- 月宫yuè gōng · yuegongPalace in the Moon (in folk tales)