宮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 宀
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10
Simplified Form: 宫

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gōng
Cantonese: gung1
JapaneseKun: MIYA IE
JapaneseOn: KYUU GUU
Korean: KWUNG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: palace, temple, dwelling, enclose

CE-Dict: palace/temple/castration (as corporal punishment)/first note in pentatonic scale

Soothill: A palace, mansion; a eunuch.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a palace
2.a temple
3.a place for cultural activities and recreation
4.[Anatomy] the womb; the uterus

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: sign - 天

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: palace; temple; womb

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: palace

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《宮部》宮室也。从宀，躳省聲。凡宮之屬皆从宮。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【宀字部】宮
【唐韻】居戎切【集韻】【韻會】居雄切【正韻】居中切，𠀤音弓。【說文】室也。从宀，躳省聲。【白虎通】黃帝作宮室，以避寒暑。宮之言中也。【釋名】宮，穹也。屋見垣上穹隆然也。【詩·大雅】雝雝在宮。【周禮·內宰六宮註】婦人稱寢曰宮。宮者，隱蔽之言，天子謂之六寢。　又【禮·儒行】儒有一畝之宮。【註】宮，牆垣也。【儀禮·士昏禮】母戒女曰：夙夜無違宮事，古者貴賤所居，皆得稱宮，至秦始定爲至尊所居之稱。　又宗廟亦曰宮。【詩·召南】于以用之，公侯之宮。【孔氏曰】可以奉祭祀曰事，祭必於宗廟曰宮，互見其義也。　又學名。【禮·曲禮】諸侯曰頖宮。【註】謂半於天子之宮也。　又官名。【周禮·天官】宮正掌王宮之戒令糾禁。　又五音中聲曰宮。【前漢·律歷志】宮，中也。居中央，暢四方，倡始施生，爲四聲綱。【史記·樂書】宮，土音，聲出於𦜉，合口而通之，其性圓而居中。五聲六律十二管，還相爲宮也。【註】宮爲君主之義，當其爲宮，五聲皆備。　又腐𠛬曰宮。【書·呂𠛬宮辟註】宮，淫𠛬，次死之𠛬也。【禮·文王世子】公族無宮𠛬，不翦其類也。　又環也。【爾雅·釋山】大山宮，小山霍。【註】宮謂圍繞之。禮記曰：君爲廬宮之是也。　又【周禮·春官·小胥】正樂縣之位，天子宮縣。【註】宮縣，四面縣也。　又姓。左傳虞宮之奇，戰國宮佗。又北宮，南宮，俱複姓。　又守宮，木名。【爾雅·釋木】守宮，槐。　又守宮，蜥蜴名，別作𧎡。　又叶古黃切，音光。【班固·張敖銘】功成德立，襲封南宮。垂號萬期，永保無疆。　又叶古元切，音涓。【黃庭經】自高自下皆眞人，玉堂絳宇盡元宮。人音然。
考證：〔【釋名】宮，宆也。屋見垣上宆隆然也。〕　謹照原文兩宆字𠀤改穹。

Buddhism words and phrases a palace

Japanese Places Miya (loc)

CF-Dict: palais/temple

Han-De-Dict: Palast (u.E.) (S)/Gong (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Palastbezirk; Festungsbezirk (im chinesischen Schach) (u.E.)

Finnish: palatsi; Gong-note, tune of earth