JLPT N4

公

public

• 八splitting
• 厶private

kun

おおやけōyake

on

コウkō

mnemonic

SPLITTING (八) open what was PRIVATE (厶): making it PUBLIC. "Kō" (コウ) as in kōen, a public park.

examples

• 公園こうえんkōenpark
• 公立こうりつkōritsupublic (institution)
• 公開こうかいkōkaiopen to the public