gǒng

two hands

Pictograph of two hands.

Evolution

廾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
廾 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
廾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gǒng

two hands; KangXi radical 55; hands joined

Component uses

Meaning component in 7 characters (2 verified)

羿

Iconic component in 22 characters (21 verified)

𢍏 𫔭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)oŋʔ

kjowngX

gǒng

join the hands


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5EFE

Shuowen

“廾,竦手也。从,從又。,楊雄說廾从兩手。”


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