貢

See also: 贡
貢 U+8CA2, 貢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CA2
← 財
[U+8CA1]
CJK Unified Ideographs 貣 →
[U+8CA3]

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes

Han character

貢 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一月山金 (MBUC) or 難一月山金 (XMBUC), four-corner 10806, composition ⿱工貝)

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *koːŋs) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 貝.

Etymology 1

trad. 貢
simp. 贡
alternative forms 𢀢

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
Baxter kuwngH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gung3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 貢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gòng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuwngH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁom-s/
English tribute

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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

  1. to pay tribute
  2. tribute; gift
  3. (historical) to select or recommend talents for the imperial court
  4. (Xiamen Hokkien, historical) a kind of high-grade cloth like silk and satin
  5. a surname

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 (rùgòng)
  • 副貢/副贡
  • 土貢/土贡
  • 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 (Yǔ Gòng)
  • 稱臣納貢/称臣纳贡
  • 納貢/纳贡 (nàgòng)
  • 納貢稱臣/纳贡称臣
  • 職貢/职贡
  • 自貢/自贡 (Zìgòng, “Zigong”)
  • 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 (gòngshì)
  • 貢奉/贡奉
  • 貢官/贡官
  • 貢寮/贡寮 (Gòngliáo)
  • 貢水/贡水
  • 貢煙/贡烟
  • 貢獻/贡献 (gòngxiàn)
  • 貢生/贡生 (gòngshēng)
  • 貢監/贡监
  • 貢禹/贡禹
  • 貢禹彈冠/贡禹弹冠
  • 貢稅/贡税 (gòngshuì)
  • 貢緞/贡缎
  • 貢膿/贡脓
  • 貢舉/贡举
  • 貢菜/贡菜
  • 貢賦/贡赋 (gòngfù)
  • 貢院/贡院 (gòngyuàn)
  • 賓貢/宾贡
  • 進貢/进贡 (jìngòng)
  • 鄉貢/乡贡

Etymology 2

trad. 貢
simp. 贡
alternative forms 愩/𫺌

Pronunciation

Definitions

貢 (Cantonese)

  1. to crawl; to burrow; to writhe
  2. to wander
    四圍貢/四围贡 [Cantonese]  ―  sei3 wai4 gung3 [Jyutping]  ―  to wander around

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

  • (Tokyo) みつ​ぐ [mìtsúꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

貢(みつぐ) • (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(みつぎ) • (Mitsugi) 

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
貢
こう
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 貢 (MC kuwngH).

Pronunciation

Noun

貢(こう) • (kō) 

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

Proper noun

貢(こう) • (Kō) 

  1. a male given name

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

貢 (eumhun 바칠 공 (bachil gong))

  1. Hanja form? of 공 (“give, offer, present”).
  2. Hanja form? of 공 (“dedicate, devote”).

Vietnamese

Han character

貢: Hán Việt readings: cống
貢: Nôm readings: cóng, cống, gỏng, gúng, xống

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