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貢

貢

See also: 贡

Translingual

Han character

貢 (radical 154 貝+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一月山金 (MBUC) or X一月山金 (XMBUC), four-corner 10806, composition ⿱工貝)

  1. offer tribute
  2. tribute, gifts

References

  • KangXi: page 1205, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36665
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1666, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3624, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8CA2

Chinese

trad. 貢
simp. 贡

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

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəwŋH/
Li
Rong		 /kuŋH/
Wang
Li		 /kuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gòng
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

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Compounds

  • 五貢／五贡
  • 任土作貢／任土作贡
  • 例貢／例贡
  • 優貢／优贡
  • 入貢／入贡
  • 副貢／副贡
  • 土貢／土贡
  • 子貢／子贡 (Zǐgòng)
  • 幣貢／币贡
  • 恩貢／恩贡
  • 拔貢／拔贡
  • 朝貢／朝贡 (cháogòng)
  • 歲貢／岁贡
  • 王貢彈冠／王贡弹冠
  • 琛貢／琛贡
  • 知貢舉／知贡举
  • 禹貢／禹贡
  • 稱臣納貢／称臣纳贡
  • 納貢／纳贡
  • 納貢稱臣／纳贡称臣
  • 職貢／职贡
  • 自貢市／自贡市
  • 苞茅不貢／苞茅不贡
  • 西貢／西贡 (Xīgòng)
  • 貢丸／贡丸 (gòngwán)
  • 貢元／贡元
  • 貢八／贡八
  • 貢品／贡品 (gòngpǐn)
  • 貢士／贡士
  • 貢奉／贡奉
  • 貢官／贡官
  • 貢寮／贡寮
  • 貢水／贡水
  • 貢煙／贡烟
  • 貢獻／贡献 (gòngxiàn)
  • 貢生／贡生
  • 貢監／贡监
  • 貢禹／贡禹
  • 貢禹彈冠／贡禹弹冠
  • 貢稅／贡税
  • 貢緞／贡缎
  • 貢膿／贡脓
  • 貢舉／贡举
  • 貢賦／贡赋 (gòngfù)
  • 貢院／贡院 (gòngyuàn)
  • 賓貢／宾贡
  • 進貢／进贡 (jìngòng)
  • 鄉貢／乡贡

Japanese

Kanji

貢

(common “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 ‎(hiragana みつぐ, romaji 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 ‎(hiragana みつぎ, romaji Mitsugi)

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname​

Etymology 3

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

From Middle Chinese 貢 ‎(kuwngH, “tribute”).

Pronunciation

Noun

貢 ‎(hiragana こう, romaji kō)

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

Proper noun

貢 ‎(hiragana こう, romaji Kō)

  1. a male given name

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

貢 • ‎(gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貢 (gòn, cống, cóng, gúng, xống, gỏng)

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