| 210 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 277 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 122 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 579 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 219 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 341 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 156 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 126 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 126 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 323 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 152 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2468 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1249 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1715 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 792 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1452 | Morohashi |
| 1974 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 372 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 784 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 847 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 212 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 92 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 公 【コウ】 public affair, government matter, the state, the government, the public, duke, prince, Sir, Lord, familiar or derogatory suffix
- 公安 【コウアン】 public safety, public welfare
- 大公 【タイコウ】 archduke
- 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
- 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court
- 公廨 【クガイ】 government office
- 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
Kun reading compounds
- 公 【おおやけ】 official, governmental, formal, public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common, being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view
- 公所 【おおやけどころ】 imperial court, government office, imperial land, government land
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 き、 きみ、 きん、 たか、 ただし、 とも、 ひろ、 まさ
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- público
- imparcial
- oficial
Portuguese
- público
- príncipe
- oficial
- governamental
French
- public
- prince
- officiel
- gouvernemental
| 2071 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8073.0 | Four corner code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 516c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 私 【シ】 private affairs, personal matter
- 私案 【シアン】 private plan, one's own plan
- 無私 【ムシ】 unselfish, selfless, disinterested
- 滅私 【メッシ】 selflessness, being unselfish
Kun reading compounds
- 私 【わたくし】 I, me, personal (affairs, etc.), private, selfishness, partiality, secrecy, confidentiality
- 私立 【しりつ】 private (establishment)
- 不肖私 【ふしょうわたくし】 I, me
- 私 【わたし】 I, me
- 私たち 【わたしたち】 we, us
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- yo
- privado
- secreto
Portuguese
- particular
- Eu
- me
French
- privé
- je
- moi
| 797 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 887 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 876 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 221 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3265 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 367 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 232 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 637 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 125 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 125 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 72 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1428 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 758 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 911 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24913 | Morohashi |
| 1115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4124 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 902 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 968 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 17 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 852 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2271 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2293.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79c1 | Unicode hex code |