供

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 䣏, 𥯏, 𧨻

Descendants

• 𛀮

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		供
alternative forms		共 龔／龚 to supply

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 供
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05738 Transcribed ancient scripts L00855 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 / 形声, OC *kloŋ, *kloŋs): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng, gòng (gong¹, gong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ, ㄍㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiûng

  (Hailu, HRS): giung^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giung¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeng¹ / gyoeng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): keng / kiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kon
  • (Jinhua): ¹kon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹

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• 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common mispronunciation)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòng
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴
    • Yale: gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonq
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kiuŋ⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kiʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: goeng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ge̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyoeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
    • Tâi-lô: king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
    • Tâi-lô: kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/

Note:

• keng - vernacular;
• kiong - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon
    • MiniDict: kon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /koŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /koŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /koŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /koŋ³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /koŋ⁵³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /koŋ³³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjowng

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
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	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

供

1. to supply; to provide for
2. to provide certain convenience or support
3. to pay in installments

   供樓／供楼 [Cantonese]  ―  gung¹ lau^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to pay a housing mortgage

4. alternative form of 恭 (gōng, “to respect”)
5. a surname

Compounds

• 供不上
• 供不應求 / 供不应求 (gōngbùyìngqiú)
• 供張 / 供张
• 供應商 / 供应商 (gōngyìngshāng)
• 供氧 (gōngyǎng)
• 供水 (gōngshuǐ)
• 供求 (gōngqiú)
• 供用 (gōngyòng)
• 供給 / 供给 (gōngjǐ)
• 供膳甘肥
• 供過於求 / 供过于求 (gōngguòyúqiú)
• 供銷 / 供销 (gōngxiāo)
• 供銷員 / 供销员
• 供電 / 供电 (gōngdiàn)
• 供電系統 / 供电系统
• 供需 (gōngxū)
• 供需失衡
• 供需失調 / 供需失调
• 供食 (gōngshí)
• 提供
• 氧供 (yǎnggōng)
• 求過於供 / 求过于供
• 產供銷 / 产供销

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (供):

• → Vietnamese: cung (供)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòng, gōng (gong⁴, gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ, ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiûng / kiung

  (Hailu, HRS): giung^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): gé̤ṳng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeng⁵ / gyoeng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiòng / kèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong³ / gêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cion / ⁵kon / ⁵kuon
  • (Jinhua): ⁵kon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòng
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴
    • Yale: gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonq
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (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/

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
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung³
    • Yale: gung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng / kiung
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ / giung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ / giung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/, /ki̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /kiuŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kiʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gé̤ṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køyŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: goeng⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gē̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyoeng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiòng
    • Tâi-lô: kiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioxng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/

Note:

• kiòng - literary;
• kèng - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gong³ / gêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòng / keng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ²¹³/, /keŋ³³/

Note: gêng1 - alternative reading.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cion
    • MiniDict: cion^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioŋ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕioŋ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /cioŋ³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕyoŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕioŋ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕioŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕyoŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kon
    • MiniDict: kon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /koŋ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /koŋ³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /koŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /koŋ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /koŋ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /koŋ³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /koŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /koŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /koŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kuon
    • MiniDict: kuon^去
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kuoŋ³³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kon
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /koŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• 5cion - vernacular;
• 5kon/5kuon - literary.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjowngH

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
Baxter	kjowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋH/
Li Rong	/kioŋH/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kloŋs/

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

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

   供職／供职  ―  gòngzhí  ―  to hold office; to hold a post

4. to confess; to own up; to make a confession of

   供述  ―  gòngshù  ―  to confess (in an interrogation)

5. confession; admission; owning up
6. to look after (one's parents or children etc.); to support
7. (Hakka) to raise (children or animals); to feed (livestocks)

   供豬仔／供猪仔 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  giung⁴ zu¹ ê³ [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  to feed pigs

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 餵 (“to feed (an animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餵, 餵食
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	餵
	Singapore	餵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	餵
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	餵
	Xi'an	餵
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	餵
	Guiyang	餵
	Guilin	餵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	餵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餼, 餵
	Hong Kong	餵, 餼
	Macau	餵
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	餵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	餼
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	餼
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	餼
	Foshan	餼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	餼
	Foshan (Shunde)	餼
	Foshan (Sanshui)	餼
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	餼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	餵
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	餵
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	餼
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	餼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	餵
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	餵
	Taishan	餵
	Kaiping (Chikan)	餵
	Enping (Niujiang)	餵
	Heshan (Yayao)	餵
	Dongguan	餼
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	餼
Hakka	Meixian	供
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	分
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	供
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	供
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	供
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	供
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	餵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	餵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	供, 餵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	餵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	供
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	供
	Hong Kong	供
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飼
Southern Min	Xiamen	飼
	Quanzhou	飼
	Zhangzhou	飼
	Tainan	飼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飼
	Manila (Hokkien)	飼
	Shantou	飼
	Wenchang	飼
	Haikou	飼
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	飼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	餵
Wu	Shanghai	餵
	Jinhua	飼
Xiang	Loudi	餵

Dialectal synonyms of 養 (“to raise; to rear (animals)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		飼, 養, 畜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		養, 餵養, 飼養, 畜養
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	養
	Malaysia	養
	Singapore	養
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	養
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	餵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	養
Cantonese	Guangzhou	養
	Hong Kong	養
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	養
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	養, 分
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	養
	Taishan	養
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	養
	Singapore (Guangfu)	養
Gan	Nanchang	養
	Lichuan	供
	Pingxiang	養
Hakka	Meixian	養, 畜
	Changting	供
	Wuping	供, 畜
	Liancheng	喂, 供
	Ninghua	供
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	畜, 養
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	畜, 養
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	畜, 養
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	畜, 養
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	畜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	供
	Hong Kong	養
	Senai (Huiyang)	養
Huizhou	Jixi	供
Jin	Taiyuan	養
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飼
	Songxi	飼
	Zhenghe	飼
	Jianyang	飼
	Wuyishan	飼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	養, 飼
	Fuzhou (Changle)	養
	Lianjiang	飼
	Fuqing	養
	Pingtan	養, 飼
	Yongtai	養
	Minqing	養, 飼
	Gutian	養, 飼
	Pingnan	飼
	Luoyuan	飼
	Fu'an	飼
	Ningde	飼
	Xiapu	飼
	Zherong	飼
	Shouning	飼
	Zhouning	飼
	Fuding	飼
Southern Min	Xiamen	飼
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	飼
	Quanzhou	飼
	Jinjiang	飼
	Nan'an	飼
	Shishi	飼
	Hui'an	飼
	Anxi	飼
	Yongchun	飼
	Dehua	飼
	Zhangzhou	飼
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	飼
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	飼
	Hua'an	飼
	Nanjing	飼
	Pinghe	飼
	Zhangpu	飼
	Yunxiao	飼
	Zhao'an	飼
	Dongshan	飼
	Taipei	飼
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飼
	Kaohsiung	飼
	Yilan	飼
	Changhua (Lukang)	飼
	Taichung	飼
	Tainan	飼
	Hsinchu	飼
	Kinmen	飼
	Penghu (Magong)	飼
	Penang (Hokkien)	飼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飼
	Manila (Hokkien)	飼
	Longyan	飼
	Zhangping	飼
	Datian	飼
	Chaozhou	飼
	Shantou	飼
	Jieyang	飼, 養 fish
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	飼
	Singapore (Teochew)	飼
	Leizhou	飼
	Wenchang	飼
	Haikou	飼
Puxian Min	Putian	飼
	Xianyou	飼
Central Min	Yong'an	供
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	供
	Sanming (Shaxian)	供
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	養
Wu	Shanghai	養
	Danyang	養
	Hangzhou	養

Compounds

• 上供 (shànggòng)
• 不供
• 串供 (chuàngòng)
• 供事 (gòngshì)
• 供佛 (gòngfó)
• 供吐
• 供品 (gòngpǐn)
• 供奉 (gòngfèng)
• 供奠
• 供客
• 供尖
• 供床
• 供應 / 供应 (gōngyìng)
• 供承
• 供招
• 供攀
• 供月兒 / 供月儿
• 供果 (gòngguǒ)
• 供桌 (gòngzhuō)
• 供狀 / 供状 (gòngzhuàng)
• 供獻 / 供献
• 供碗
• 供稱 / 供称 (gòngchēng)
• 供職 / 供职 (gòngzhí)
• 供花
• 供茶
• 供詞 / 供词 (gòngcí)
• 供認 / 供认 (gòngrèn)
• 供述 (gòngshù)
• 供過 / 供过
• 供養 / 供养
• 口供
• 打供
• 打供太保
• 投供
• 招供 (zhāogòng)
• 擺供 / 摆供 (bǎigòng)
• 攀供
• 明伙畫供
• 炸供
• 煙雲供養 / 烟云供养
• 畫供 / 画供 (huàgòng)
• 筆供 / 笔供 (bǐgòng)
• 翻供 (fāngòng)
• 自供狀 / 自供状 (zìgòngzhuàng)
• 蜜供
• 親供 / 亲供
• 訊供 / 讯供
• 逼供 (bīgòng)
• 錄供 / 录供 (lùgòng)
• 香花供養 / 香花供养
• 齋供 / 斋供

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (供):

• → Vietnamese: cúng (供)

References

• “供”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

供

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. companion
2. offer

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←きよう (kyou, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru, 供える, Jōyō)、とも (tomo, 供, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 供(そな)え物(もの) (sonaemono, “offering to gods”)
• 供(く)物(もつ) (kumotsu, “offering to gods”)
• 供(きょう)宴(えん) (kyōen, “banquet”)
• 供(きょう)応(おう) (kyōō, “treating to dinner”)
• 供(きょう)花(か) (kyōka, “floral offering”)
• 供(く)犠(ぎ) (kugi, “animal sacrifice”)
• 供(きょう)給(きゅう) (kyōkyū, “supply”)
• 供(きょう)血(けつ) (kyōketsu, “blood donation”)
• 供(く)御(ご) (kugo, “emperor's meal”)
• 供(ぐ)祭(さい) (gusai, “offering”)
• 供(きょう)出(しゅつ) (kyōshutsu, “delivery”)
• 供(きょう)述(じゅつ) (kyōjutsu, “affidavit”)
• 供(ぐ)進(しん) (gushin, “giving an offering”)
• 供(とも)人(びと) (tomobito, “companion”)
• 供(とも)勢(ぜい) (tomozei, “servant”)
• 供(きょう)託(たく) (kyōtaku, “deposit”)
• 供(きょう)米(まい) (kyōmai, “rice delivered to the government”)
• 供(ぐ)奉(ぶ) (gubu, “accompanying”)
• 供(きょう)与(よ) (kyōyo, “provision”)
• 供(きょう)用(よう) (kyōyō, “offer for use”)
• 供(く)養(よう) (kuyō, “memorial service”)
• 供(きょう)覧(らん) (kyōran, “display”)
• 供(きょう)料(りょう) (kyōryō, “offering”)
• 口(こう)供(きょう) (kōkyō, “affidavit”)
• 自(じ)供(きょう) (jikyō, “confession”)
• 節(せっ)供(く) (sekku, “seasonal festival”)
• 提(てい)供(きょう) (teikyō, “providing”)
• 私(わたし)供(ども) (watashidomo, “we”)
• 初(はつ)節(ぜっ)供(く) (hatsuzekku)
• 子(こ)供(ども) (kodomo, “child”)
• 試(し)供(きょう)品(ひん) (shikyōhin, “free sample”)

Noun

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

供(とも) • (tomo) 

1. attendant, servant
2. companion
3. entourage

Derived terms

• 人(ひと)身(み)御(ご)供(くう) (hitomi gokū, “human sacrifice”)
• 供(とも)回(まわ)り (tomomawari)
• 供(とも)待(ま)ち (tomomachi, “attendant's waiting room”)
• 供(とも)揃(ぞろ)い (tomozoroi, “attendants”)

References

• “供”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

供 (eumhun 이바지할 공 (ibajihal gong))

1. hanja form^? of 공 (“contribute, supply, provide”)

Vietnamese

Han character

供: Hán Việt readings: cung, cúng
供: Nôm readings: cũng, cùng, củng

1. chữ Hán form of cung
   1. to confess
   2. (economics) supply
2. chữ Hán form of cúng (“(religion, occult) to give offerings, to enshrine, to worship”)
3. chữ Nôm form of cùng (“with; and”)