How to write 宮

宮 [gōng] [名] 1. 房屋（封建時代專指帝王的住所）：house (specifically refers to the residences of emperors in feudal times). 2. 神話中神仙居住的房屋：palace (the residence of deities in mythology). 3. 廟宇的名稱：temple (the name of a temple). 4. 一些文化娛樂場所：cultural venue (certain cultural and entertainment places). 5. 天文上黃道分爲十二宮，每一宮三十度：sign (in astronomy, the ecliptic is divided into twelve sections, each covering thirty degrees). 6. 中國古代五音之一，相當於簡譜「1」：one of the five notes of the ancient Chinese five-tone scale, corresponding to I in numbered musical notation. 7. 指「子宮」（婦女生殖器官）：womb (referring to the female reproductive organ). 8. 姓：surname. 【本义】:古代對房屋、居室的通稱(秦、漢以後才特指帝王之宮) (Original meaning: A general term for houses and rooms in ancient times, which specifically referred to the abodes of emperors after the Qin and Han dynasties.) 【造字法】:象形。甲骨文字形，象房屋形。在穴居野處時代也就是洞窟。外圍象洞門，裏面的小框框象彼此連通的小窟，即人們居住的地方。 (Character creation: Pictogram. The oracle bone script resembles the shape of a house. In the era of humans living in caves, it also represents caves. The outer portion resembles a cave entrance, while the inner box represents interconnected small caves, which symbolizes human habitation.) 引 1. 《說文》：宮，室也。 (Shuowen Jiezi: "Gong refers to rooms.") 2. 《爾雅·釋宮》：宮謂之室，室謂之宮。 (Erya: "Gong refers to rooms, and rooms refer to Gong.") 3. 《釋文》：古者貴賊同稱宮。秦漢以來，惟王者所居稱宮焉。 (Shiwens: "In ancient times, both nobles and criminals were referred to as Gong. Since the Qin and Han, only the abode of kings is called Gong.") 4. 《禮記·內則》：父子皆異宮。 (Liji: "Fathers and sons reside in different palaces.") 動 1. 居住;棲息：house (to reside; to dwell). 2. 營建宮室房屋：build (to construct palatial buildings). 3. 圍繞：surround (to encircle).