公案

公案	gōng àn	judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
公	gōng	public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
案	àn	(legal) case / incident / record / file / table