公开 (gōng kāi)

Character breakdown

• 公 (gōng) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a earthen jar for holding liquid, now written as 瓮. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

• 开 (kāi) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 開. Pictograph of two hands (廾) opening the bolt (一) on a door (門). The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.