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巩

gǒng

secure, bind

Phonosemantic compound. 丮 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components
工 sound component

工  Sound component

gōng

  

work

丮 meaning component

丮  Meaning component

jǐ

  

catch

Evolution

巩 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
巩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巩 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
巩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巩 (鞏) 

gǒng

bind; firm, secure, strong; secure; solid

Most common words with 巩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

巩固

to consolidate

巩膜

sclera (white of the eye)

巩俐

Gong Li (1965-), PRC female film star

巩

secure

巩义市

Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng​zhōu], Henan

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

鞏 筑 築

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

恐 鞏 蛩 跫 銎

Statistics

HSK level 6

2384th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

鞏

Unicode

U+5DE9

Shuowen

“，袌也。从，工聲。，或加手。”


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