gòng

together with

Pictograph of two hands holding an object together.

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts an object being shared by two hands.

廾 iconic component

  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

共 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
共 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
共 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
共 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gòng

together with, all, total; to share; common; general; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gòng​chǎn​dǎng], Communist party

Most common words with 共
Freq.
Word
Meaning

common

共同

common

公共

public

一共

altogether

共有

in all

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 16 characters (4 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-k(r)oŋʔ-s

gjowngH

gòng

together, all


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 57.7447% of movies

767th most common character in movies

330th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5171

Shuowen

“共,同也。从廿、廾。,古文共。”


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