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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
貢 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝 +3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一月山金 (MBUC ) or 難一月山金 (XMBUC ), four-corner 10806 , composition ⿱工 貝 )
Derived characters
嗊 , 幊 , 愩 , 摃 , 槓 , 熕 , 碽 , 贑 , 慐 , 䔈 , 篢
Additional Derived Characters
𠗸 , 𡎴 , 𡟫 , 𡺭 , 𣹟 , 𤗤 , 𥈿 , 𥛌 , 𧜙 , 𦩼 , 𤳢 , 𨫋 , 𥨨 , 𩌌 , 𩐵 , 𩫢 , 𩹸
𠞖 , 𪄌 , 𡻃 , 𤕙 , 𧶓 , 𥧡 , 𢩛 , 𨶛
𪝖 , 𭹫 , 𬗯 , 𫋐 , 𬧄 , 𪱮
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36665
Dae Jaweon: page 1666, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3624, character 5
Unihan data for U+8CA2
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
缸
*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢
*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑
*kluːmʔ
涳
*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江
*kroːŋ
肛
*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛
*kroːŋ
杠
*kroːŋ
豇
*kroːŋ
茳
*kroːŋ
釭
*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼
*kroːŋ
玒
*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹
*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔
*kʰroːŋ
崆
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫
*kʰroːŋ
控
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫
*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌
*qʰroːŋ
谾
*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡
*qʰroːŋ
缻
*ɡroːŋ
項
*ɡroːŋʔ
屸
*ɡ·roːŋ
功
*koːŋ
工
*koːŋ
疘
*koːŋ
魟
*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻
*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩
*koːŋ
碽
*koːŋ
貢
*koːŋs
羾
*koːŋs
空
*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜
*kʰoːŋ
硿
*kʰoːŋ
埪
*kʰoːŋ
鵼
*kʰoːŋ
倥
*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚
*kʰoːŋs
叿
*qʰoːŋ
嗊
*qʰoːŋʔ
訌
*ɡoːŋ
紅
*ɡoːŋ
仜
*ɡoːŋ
葒
*ɡoːŋ
渱
*ɡoːŋ
鴻
*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞
*ɡoːŋʔ
澒
*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏
*koŋʔ
巩
*koŋʔ
銎
*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐
*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩
*ɡoŋ
筇
*ɡoŋ
桏
*ɡoŋ
邛
*ɡoŋ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *koːŋs ): phonetic 工 ( OC *koːŋ ) + semantic 貝 . However, the phonetic component indicates the concept of working and achievement (功 ), hence putting efforts to make any kind of contribute and/or reach an achievement.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
貢
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
gòng
Middle Chinese
‹ kuwngH ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁom-s/
English
tribute
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
貢
Reading #
1/1
No.
4031
Phonetic component
工
Rime group
東
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
貢
Old Chinese
/*koːŋs/
Definitions
貢
to pay tribute
tribute ; gift
( historical ) to select or recommend talents for the imperial court
( Xiamen Hokkien , historical ) a kind of high-grade cloth like silk and satin
a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
貢 ( Cantonese )
to crawl ; to burrow ; to writhe
to wander
四圍 貢 / 四围 贡 ― sei3 wai4 gung3 ― to wander around
Japanese
Kanji
貢
(Jōyō kanji )
tribute
support
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
From the verb 貢ぐ ( mitsugu , “ to support, to finance ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
貢( みつぐ ) • (Mitsugu )
a male given name
Etymology 2
From the 連用形 ( ren'yōkei , “ continuative or stem form ” ) of verb 貢ぐ ( mitsugu , “ to support, to finance ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
貢( みつぎ ) • (Mitsugi )
a male given name
a surname
Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 貢 (MC kuwngH ).
Pronunciation
Noun
貢( こう ) • (kō )
tribute
support , a contribution ( such as a donation of money )
Proper noun
貢( こう ) • (Kō )
a male given name
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011 ), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
貢 (eumhun 바칠 공 ( bachil gong ) )
hanja form? of 공 ( “ give , offer , present ” )
hanja form? of 공 ( “ dedicate , devote ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
貢 : Hán Việt readings: cống
貢 : Nôm readings: cóng , cống , gỏng , gúng , xống
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