公
Meanings
1. public
2. collectively owned
3. common
4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
5. make public
6. fair
7. just
8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔděngjuéwèi)
9. honorable (gentlemen)
10. father-in-law
11. male (animal)
Characters used
Examples2
大
When the great way is followed, the world is for the common good.
我
I have three dogs. One is male and the other two are female.