恭

恭	U+606D, 恭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-606D

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Translingual

Han character

恭 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿金心 (TCP), four-corner 4433₈, composition ⿱共㣺)

Derived characters

塨𠹅𢞺𣺖𤧴𤲻𥔸𧎦𦷧𧫃𫱔𫺯𭧂𭻥𮘫

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10596
Dae Jaweon: page 717, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2299, character 9
Unihan data for U+606D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		恭
2nd round simp.		⿱共小
alternative forms		𢙄龔／龚龏／𱍁供

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 恭
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
港	kroːŋʔ, ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	ɡroːŋs, ɡloːŋs
烘	qʰloːŋ, qʰloːŋs, ɡoːŋ, ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	kloŋ, kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	kloŋ, kloŋʔ
共	kloŋ, ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	kloŋʔ, kloɡ
蛬	kloŋʔ, ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	kloŋʔ, ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kloŋ) : phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs, “heart”) + semantic 心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гун (gun, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): giung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): gung¹
Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): giong¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
  - Palladius: гун (gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гун (gun, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: guung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: giung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kiʊŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
  - Tâi-lô: kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon
  - MiniDict: kon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 恭
Mandarin	Beijing	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/kuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kuŋ²¹/
	Xining	/kuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/koŋ/
	Nanjing	/koŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/kəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/koŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/koŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕyɔ³³/ /koŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/kuʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/kan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/koŋ³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kiuŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kioŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/koŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kiɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kioŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/koŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: kjowng

Rime
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九容切
Baxter	kjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ/
Li Rong	/kioŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*k<r>oŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kloŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*k<r>oŋ/
English	respectful
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	恭
Reading #	1/1
No.	4166
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	恭
Old Chinese	/*kloŋ/

Definitions

恭

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

恭

(Jōyō kanji)

respect

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
Kun: うやうやしい (uyauyashii, 恭しい, Jōyō)
Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、たかし (takashi)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)、ゆき (yuki)、よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

恭 (eumhun 공손할 공 (gongsonhal gong))

hanja form^? of 공 (“respectful, polite, reverent”)

Vietnamese

Han character

恭: Hán Nôm readings: cung

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恭

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