Chinese symbol for “palace”
宫
gōng
Traditional: 宮
palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
The closest CC-CEDICT match for palace is 宫 (gōng), defined as: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “palace”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宫殿 (宮殿) | gōng diàn | palace; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 殿堂 | diàn táng | palace; hall |
| 宫阙 (宮闕) | gōng què | palace |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 子宫 (子宮) | zǐ gōng | uterus; womb |
| 宫殿 (宮殿) | gōng diàn | palace; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 皇宫 (皇宮) | huáng gōng | imperial palace |
| 宫廷 (宮廷) | gōng tíng | court (of king or emperor) |
| 后宫 (後宮) | hòu gōng | harem; chambers of imperial concubines |
| 故宫 (故宮) | gù gōng | former imperial palace |
See also: Japanese symbol for “palace”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.