公式 gōngshì formula

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 公式 is in band 5. HSK 6 explained

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中公式。

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Stroke order

公式 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

公式 — the Chinese character for formula (gōngshì), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 公式 — formula

公 — 4 strokes
式 — 6 strokes

Characters in 公式

公 gōng — public; collectively owned; common
式 shì — type; form; pattern

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 5 Practise Topic: Science Practise

公式 is pronounced gōngshì and means “formula”.