| 公 | gōng | 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; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) |
| 共 | gòng | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party |
| 知 | zhī | to know; to be aware |
| 识 | shí | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 | zhì | to record; write a footnote |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); part or subdivision; fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute; a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 分 | fèn | part; share; ingredient; component |
| 子 | zǐ | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 |
| 子 | zi | (noun suffix) |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common (use) |
| 知识分子 | zhī shi fèn zǐ | intellectual; intelligentsia; learned person |
