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宮

简宫 · 繁宮

Mandarin · pinyin gōng#

palace
temple
castration (as corporal punishment)
first note in pentatonic scale

Mandarin · pinyin Gōng#

surname Gong

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宫: gōng · palace

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1 · gong1

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(archaic) house; mansion; dwelling
(architecture) palace
(architecture, religion) temple; shrine
(anatomy, in compounds) short for 子宮／子宫 (zǐgōng, “womb; uterus”)
(music) the first note of the Chinese pentatonic scale
(historical law) castration as a punishment
(obsolete) to surround; to encircle
a surname

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