公 (Kanji for public)

Also - and I just now realized this - this kanji can be read as the katakana for ハム (ham). Silly, ham comes from pigs!!

Onyomi

KOU

There are eight moo-cows , voiding their COLONS in the public square.( no one dares to disturb them because it's India!)

おおやけ	public, official, openly, officially, publicly NP ☆☆☆☆☆

公園(こうえん)

park ★★★★★
公 (public) + 園 (public park) = 公園 (park)

a public park

公開(こうかい) する

open to the public ★★★☆☆
公 (public) + 開 (open) = 公開 (open to the public)

公共(こうきょう)

public ★★☆☆☆
公 (public) + 共 (with) = 公共 (public)

public, as in "public toilet" or "public telephone"

equality, fairness
公平平等等量同等均等等しい

pollution
汚染公害

the general public
大衆公衆民俗民族庶民

unfair
不公平不当に