貢

Stroke order

Han character edit

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 edit

• 嗊 幊 愩 摃 槓 熕 碽 贑 䔈 篢 慐
• 𪝖 𡎴 𡟫 𡺭 𣹟 𥈿 𥛌 𦩼 𫋐 𨫋 𩌌 𩐵 𩫢 𩹸 𠞖 𪄌 𡻃 𤕙 𧶓 𥧡
• 𠗸 𡎴 𤗤 𧜙 𤳢 𨶛 𢩛 𪱮
• 𭹫 𬗯 𬧄

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

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

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. tribute
2. support

Readings edit

• Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō ^†)^{←く (ku, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←こう (kou, historical)}
• Kun: みつぐ (mitsugu, 貢ぐ, Jōyō); みつぎ (mitsugi, 貢ぎ)
• Nanori: すすむ (susumu); つぐ (tsugu); みつ (mitsu)

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the verb 貢ぐ (mitsugu, “to support, to finance”).

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

貢(みつぐ) • (Mitsugu) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2 edit

From the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 貢ぐ (mitsugu, “to support, to finance”).

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) みつぎ [mìtsúgí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝɡʲi]

Proper noun edit

貢(みつぎ) • (Mitsugi) 

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Chinese 貢 (MC kuwngH).

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun edit

貢(こう) • (kō) 

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

Proper noun edit

貢(こう) • (Kō) 

1. a male given name

References edit

• 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “貢”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

Hanja edit

貢 (eumhun 바칠 공 (bachil gong))

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

Han character edit

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

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