龔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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gōng

give

Phonosemantic compound. 龍 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

龍 Meaning component

lóng

dragon

共 Sound component

gòng

together with

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

gōng

give, present; reverential

Gōng

surname Gong

Most common words with 龔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	龚	surname Gong
	龚自珍	Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet
	龚古尔	Goncourt (name)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*k<r>oŋ	kjowng	gōng	respectful

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3184th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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