公案

Traditional form:

公案

Pinyin (reading):

gōng'àn

Definitions:

• judge's desk
• complex legal case
• contentious issue
• koan (Zen Buddhism)

Characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 案 - file, legal case; bench, table

Traditional characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 案 - file, legal case; bench, table