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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale
HSK 6
court (of king or emperor)
HSK 7-9
palace / CL:
HSK 7-9
imperial palace
HSK 7-9
uterus / womb
the Louvre, museum in Paris
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
3-by-3 grid
two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢臺|邢台, Hebei
Yonghe Temple / Lama Temple (Beijing)
Miyazaki (Japanese surname and place name)
palace maid / CL: 個|个, ,
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
Buckingham Palace
temporary imperial residence
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院
former imperial palace
imperial palace
Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
cervix; the neck of the uterus
palace
imperial empress / milady
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old)
(idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
White House
detached palace / imperial villa
to force the king or emperor to abdicate
gecko; house lizard
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
(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
castration (archaic punishment)
modes of ancient Chinese music
Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
palace apartments
Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
Taoist temple
house (astrology)
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
The Crystal Palace
fibroid tumor of the uterus / hysteromyoma
the Kremlin
Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince / erotic picture
birth by caesarean section
Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
cultural palace
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊, Taurus 金牛, Gemini 雙子|双子, Cancer 巨蟹, Leo 獅子|狮子, Virgo 室女, Libra 天秤, Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎, Sagittarius 人馬|人马, Capricorn 摩羯, Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶, Pisces 雙魚|双鱼
cervix; the neck of the uterus
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco
Miyazaki prefecture in east Kyūshū 九州, Japan
the Palace of Versailles, France
to castrate oneself
Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum
the Louvre, museum in Paris (Tw)
Palais des Nations
Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture-level city 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
stir-fried diced pork
Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
uterus; womb
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
intrauterine device (IUD)
cervical smear (Tw)
(anatomy) cervical canal
intrauterine device (IUD)
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Miyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
sudoku (puzzle game)
empress and imperial concubines or their residence
cesarean section
the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
(idiom) permeated with beautiful music
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan
wall of the uterus
pessary
intrauterine device (IUD)
cervical cancer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
surname Gong
Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
Kiichi Miyazawa (1919-2007), former Japanese prime minister
gong bao chicken / spicy diced chicken
(anatomy) cervical canal
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
(slang) to have served several sentences; recidivist; old lag
harem / chambers of imperial concubines
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅, Taipei
empress
Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum

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