巩

See also 鞏

Translingual

shinjitai	鞏
simplified	巩
traditional	鞏

Etymology

工 + 凡

Also Simplified from 鞏 (革 → [[ ]]) (elimination of 革).

Han character

巩 (radical 48 工+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一竹弓戈 (MHNI), composition ⿰工凡)

1. bind
2. firm, secure, strong

Derived characters

• 筑

References

• KangXi: page 325, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8726
• Dae Jaweon: page 629, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 412, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5DE9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

巩 (traditional 鞏, jyutping gung2, Yale gung2)

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Japanese

Kanji

巩

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō)

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Korean

Hanja

巩 (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

巩 (traditional 鞏, pinyin gǒng (gong3), Wade-Giles kung³)