公孫龍

公

gōng

孙

孫

sūn

龙

龍

lóng

Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

Characters and words in 公孫龍

公

gōng = gu + (e)ng1

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

Add a new mnemonic for 公 = 八 + 厶