供

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供 U+4F9B, 供
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F9B
← 侚
[U+4F9A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侜 →
[U+4F9C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

供 (radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人廿金 (OTC), four-corner 24281, composition ⿰亻共)

Derived characters[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 102, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 605
  • Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 144, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F9B

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 供

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 供
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
供-seal.svg
Small seal script
ACC-s05738.svg

s05738

Transcribed ancient scripts
ACC-L00855.svg

L00855

ACC-L00856.svg

L00856

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kloŋ, *kloŋs): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • keng - vernacular;
  • kiong - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 供
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 九容切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨoŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kioŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kioŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kuawŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/kioŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭwoŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki̯woŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiōng
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 供
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		gōng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kjowng ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*k<r>oŋ/
    English furnish; serve, offer

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 供
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 4167
    Phonetic
    component         		共
    Rime
    group         		東
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		恭
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kloŋ/

    Definitions[edit]

    供

    1. to supply; to provide for
    2. to provide certain convenience or support
    3. A surname​.

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 供

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Note:
    • gōng - Taiwan standard for “to confess; confession”, and Mainland standard for “to look after”. In actual usage, however, the two pronunciations are often confused.
  • Cantonese
  • Hakka
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • kiòng - literary;
    • kèng - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Note:
    • 2jion - vernacular;
    • 2kon - literary.
    Rime
    Character 供
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 居用切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨoŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kioŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kioŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kuawŋH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kioŋH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭwoŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki̯woŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiòng
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 供
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 4178
    Phonetic
    component         		共
    Rime
    group         		東
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		供
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kloŋs/

    Definitions[edit]

    供

    1. to present incense or offerings before the image of a god or the deceased; to enshrine and worship
    2. offering; tribute; sacrifice
    3. to assume office
    4. to confess; to own up; to make a confession of
    5. confession; admission; owning up
    6. to look after (one's parents or children etc.); to support

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 供

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    供

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]


    Kanji in this term
    供
    とも
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi

    Noun[edit]

    供 (hiragana とも, rōmaji tomo)

    1. attendant, servant
    2. companion
    3. entourage

    Derived terms[edit]

    Derived terms

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    供 • (gong) (hangeul 공, McCune–Reischauer kong)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    供 (cung, cúng, củng, cũng)

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    References[edit]

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