gòng
offer tribute
Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 貢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to contribute | ||
tribute | ||
Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam | ||
tribute | ||
to offer tribute |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ˤom-s ( < *[k]ˤom-s) | kuwngH | gòng | tribute |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.1280% of movies
2203rd most common character in movies
1548th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8CA2 |
Shuowen | “貢，獻功也。从貝，工聲。” |
Sources
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