gōng
give
Phonosemantic compound. 龍 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 龔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
surname Gong | ||
Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet | ||
Goncourt (name) |
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