Meaning of 公金(こうきん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 公金

Kana Reading こうきん

Romaji kōkin

Examples of 公金, こうきん in a sentence

彼は公金を着服した。

He embezzled public money.
彼は公金を悪用したかどで逮捕された。

He was arrested for abusing public funds.
一般大衆は、公金がどのように使われるのかについての情報を知る権利がある。

The public is entitled to information about how public money is spent.

公 JLPT 2

4 strokes

public, prince, official, governmental

On'Yomi: コウ, ク

Kun'Yomi: おおやけ

金 JLPT 5

8 strokes

gold

On'Yomi: キン, コン, ゴン

Kun'Yomi: かね, かな-, -がね

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