貢

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See also: 贡
貢 U+8CA2, 貢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CA2
← 財
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 貣 →

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes

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

Additional 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

trad. 貢
simp. 贡
alternative forms 𢀢

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 貢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古送切
Baxter kuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwŋH/
Li
Rong 		/kuŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kuŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gung3
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

  1. to pay tribute
  2. tribute; gift
  3. (historical) to select or recommend talents for the imperial court
  4. (Xiamen Hokkien, historical) a kind of high-grade cloth like silk and satin
  5. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 貢
simp. 贡
alternative forms 愩／𫺌

Pronunciation

Definitions

貢 (Cantonese)

  1. to crawl; to burrow; to writhe
  2. to wander
    四圍貢／四围贡   ―  sei3 wai4 gung3   ―  to wander around

Japanese

Kanji

貢

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. tribute
  2. support

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
貢
みつぐ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From the verb 貢ぐ (mitsugu, “to support, to finance”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

貢(みつぐ) • (Mitsugu) 

  1. 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

貢(みつぎ) • (Mitsugi) 

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
貢
こう
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 貢 (MC kuwngH).

Pronunciation

Noun

貢(こう) • (kō) 

  1. tribute
  2. support, a contribution (such as a donation of money)

Proper noun

貢(こう) • (Kō) 

  1. a male given name

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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))

  1. hanja form? of 공 (“give, offer, present”)
  2. 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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