貢
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See also: 贡
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Translingual
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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
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.
Etymology 1
| trad. | 貢 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 贡 | |
| alternative forms | 𢀢 | |
Pronunciation
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
- 五貢／五贡
- 任土作貢／任土作贡
- 例貢／例贡
- 優貢／优贡
- 入貢／入贡 (rùgòng)
- 副貢／副贡
- 土貢／土贡
- 幣貢／币贡
- 恩貢／恩贡
- 拔貢／拔贡
- 朝貢／朝贡 (cháogòng)
- 歲貢／岁贡
- 王貢彈冠／王贡弹冠
- 琛貢／琛贡
- 知貢舉／知贡举
- 禹貢／禹贡 (Yǔ Gòng)
- 稱臣納貢／称臣纳贡
- 納貢／纳贡 (nàgòng)
- 納貢稱臣／纳贡称臣
- 職貢／职贡
- 自貢／自贡 (Zìgòng, “Zigong”)
- 苞茅不貢／苞茅不贡
- 西貢／西贡 (Xīgòng)
- 貢丸／贡丸 (gòngwán)
- 貢元／贡元
- 貢八／贡八
- 貢品／贡品 (gòngpǐn)
- 貢士／贡士 (gòngshì)
- 貢奉／贡奉
- 貢官／贡官
- 貢寮／贡寮 (Gòngliáo)
- 貢水／贡水
- 貢煙／贡烟
- 貢獻／贡献 (gòngxiàn)
- 貢生／贡生 (gòngshēng)
- 貢監／贡监
- 貢禹／贡禹
- 貢禹彈冠／贡禹弹冠
- 貢稅／贡税 (gòngshuì)
- 貢緞／贡缎
- 貢膿／贡脓
- 貢舉／贡举
- 貢菜／贡菜
- 貢賦／贡赋 (gòngfù)
- 貢院／贡院 (gòngyuàn)
- 賓貢／宾贡
- 進貢／进贡 (jìngòng)
- 鄉貢／乡贡
Etymology 2
| trad. | 貢 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 贡 | |
| alternative forms | 愩／𫺌 | |
Pronunciation
Definitions
貢 (Cantonese)
Japanese
Kanji
貢
Readings
- Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō †)←く (ku, historical)
- Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)←こう (kou, historical)
- Kun: みつぐ (mitsugu, 貢ぐ, Jōyō); みつぎ (mitsugi, 貢ぎ)
- Nanori: すすむ (susumu); つぐ (tsugu); みつ (mitsu)
Compounds
- 貢税 (guzei)
- 貢馬 (kume)
- 貢闈 (kōi)
- 貢院 (kōin)
- 貢煙 (kōen)
- 貢款 (kōkan)
- 貢挙 (kōkyo)
- 貢御 (kōgyo)
- 貢金 (kōkin)
- 貢計 (kōkei)
- 貢献 (kōken): contribution; to contribute
- 貢元 (kōgen)
- 貢菜 (kōsai)
- 貢士 (kōshi)
- 貢使 (kōshi)
- 貢試 (kōshi)
- 貢賜 (kōshi)
- 貢主 (kōshu)
- 貢上 (kōjō)
- 貢職 (kōshoku)
- 貢新 (kōshin)
- 貢生 (kōsei)
- 貢税 (kōzei)
- 貢籍 (kōseki)
- 貢選 (kōsen)
- 貢薦 (kōsen)
- 貢茶 (kōcha)
- 貢酎 (kōchū)
- 貢道 (kōdō)
- 貢納 (kōnō)
- 貢馬 (kōba)
- 貢篚 (kōhi)
- 貢媚 (kōbi)
- 貢賦 (kōfu)
- 貢物 (kōbutsu)
- 貢奉 (kōhō)
- 貢法 (kōhō)
- 貢墨 (kōboku)
- 貢米 (kōmai)
- 貢諛 (kōyu)
- 貢禄 (kōroku)
- 海貢 (kaikō)
- 外貢 (gaikō)
- 供貢 (kyōkō)
- 郷貢 (kyōkō)
- 歳貢 (saikō)
- 職貢 (shokkō)
- 進貢 (shinkō)
- 租貢 (sokō)
- 草貢 (sōkō)
- 朝貢 (chōkō)
- 徴貢 (chōkō)
- 調貢 (chōkō)
- 土貢 (dokō)
- 入貢 (nyūkō)
- 年貢 (nengu)
- 納貢 (nōkō)
- 篚貢 (hikō)
- 賓貢 (hinkō)
- 賦貢 (fukō)
- 聘貢 (heikō)
- 方貢 (hōkō)
- 包貢 (hōkō)
- 邦貢 (hōkō)
- 奉貢 (hōkō)
- 輸貢 (yukō)
- 来貢 (raikō)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 貢 |
| みつぐ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
From the verb 貢ぐ (mitsugu, “to support, to finance”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male given name
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 貢 |
| みつぎ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
From the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 貢ぐ (mitsugu, “to support, to finance”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male given name
- a surname
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 貢 |
| こう Grade: S |
| kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 貢 (MC kuwngH).
Pronunciation
Noun
- tribute
- support, a contribution (such as a donation of money)
Proper noun
- a male given name
References
- 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “貢”, in 字通 (Jitsū) (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
Vietnamese
Han character
貢: Hán Việt readings: cống
貢: Nôm readings: cóng, cống, gỏng, gúng, xống
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