gòng

offer tribute

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
贝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

工 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

work

Evolution

贡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
贡 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贡 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

gòng

offer tribute; tribute, gifts; to offer tribute; tribute; gifts

() 

Gòng

surname Gong

Most common words with 贡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

贡献

to contribute

tribute

西贡

Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam

贡品

tribute

进贡

to offer tribute

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 7.1280% of movies

2203rd most common character in movies

1548th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+8D21


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