宫

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

surname Gong

宫 = 吕 + 宀 : Helga Horse updated engine to be her personal temple palace. She used a lot of pitchpipes to make engine whole again, and she wears a graduation cap as crown.

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

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

宫 = 吕 + 宀 : Helga Horse updated engine to be her personal temple palace. She used a lot of pitchpipes to make engine whole again, and she wears a graduation cap as crown.

宫 character breakdown

宫
- 吕
  - 口
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖

lǚ = lü + Ø3

surname Lü

lǚ = lü + Ø3

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

吕 = 口 : Loki (lü) conducts an experiment in the space station's living room (Ø3). Using a pitch pipe (吕) he creates two standing waves, in which he keeps one mandarin (口) respectively.

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀). Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to the anthill after her graduation from university. In the anthill's kitchen (an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (宀), and instead put a cooking top (冖) and a petal leaf (丶) on her head.

Characters with 宫 as component

宫 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 宫

the Kremlin

Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program

name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense

birth by caesarean section

Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum

(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor

the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nü3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]

Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei

the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia

permeated with beautiful music (idiom)

underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)

Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记

Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan

intrauterine device (IUD)

Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei

Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture-level city 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei

sudoku (puzzle game)

underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology

empress and imperial concubines or their residence

cesarean section

Sentences with 宫

zhè

pù

bù

xià

miàn

zhí

to̅ng

do̅ng

hǎi

lóng

go̅ng

There's a passage under the waterfall directly leading to the Eastern Sea's Dragon Palace.