恭

恭 U+606D, 恭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-606D ← 恬 [U+606C] CJK Unified Ideographs 恮 → [U+606E]

Translingual

Han character

恭 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿金心 (TCP), four-corner 4433₈, composition ⿱共㣺)

Derived characters

• 塨 𠹅 𢞺 𣺖 𤧴 𤲻 𥔸 𧎦 𦷧 𧫃 𫱔 𫺯 𭧂 𭻥 𮘫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10596
• Dae Jaweon: page 717, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2299, character 9
• Unihan data for U+606D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		恭
2nd round simp.		⿱共小
alternative forms		𢙄 龔／龚 龏／𱍁 供 𢚈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 恭
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
港	*kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	*ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘	*qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	*kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	*kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共	*kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	*kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kloŋ): phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs) + semantic 心 (“heart”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong¹

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): gǒng

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): gòn

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гун (gun, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiûng

  (Hailu, HRS): giung^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giung¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): gung¹
• Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeng¹ / gyoeng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giong¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gong¹

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): goeng¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kon / ¹kuon
  • (Jinhua): ¹kon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: gǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuəŋ²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: gòn
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гун (gun, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: guung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kiuŋ⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kiʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: goeng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ge̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyoeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
    • Tâi-lô: kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioŋ³³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kɔŋ³⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: goeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon
    • MiniDict: kon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /koŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /koŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /koŋ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /koŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /koŋ³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /koŋ⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /koŋ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ¹kuon
    • MiniDict: kuon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kuoŋ⁵²/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /koŋ³³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 恭
Mandarin	Beijing	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/kuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kuŋ²¹/
	Xining	/kuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/koŋ/
	Nanjing	/koŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/kəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/koŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/koŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕyɔ³³/ /koŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/kuʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/kan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/koŋ³³/
	Xiangtan	/kən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kiuŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/kioŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/koŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kiɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kioŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/koŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjowng

Rime
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九容切
Baxter	kjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ/
Li Rong	/kioŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k<r>oŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kloŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*k<r>oŋ/
English	respectful
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	恭
Reading #	1/1
No.	4166
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	恭
Old Chinese	/*kloŋ/

Definitions

恭

1. respectful; polite; reverent
2. to (show) respect
3. a surname

Compounds

• 不恭 (bùgōng)
• 兄友弟恭 (xiōngyǒudìgōng)
• 出大恭 (chū dàgōng)
• 出小恭
• 出恭 (chūgōng)
• 出虛恭 / 出虚恭
• 前倨後恭 / 前倨后恭 (qiánjùhòugōng)
• 卻之不恭 / 却之不恭
• 大恭 (dàgōng)
• 後恭前倨 / 后恭前倨
• 恭人 (gōngrén)
• 恭候 (gōnghòu)
• 恭儉 / 恭俭
• 恭儉靜一 / 恭俭静一
• 恭喜 (gōngxǐ)
• 恭喜發財 / 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)
• 恭士
• 恭己
• 恭己待人
• 恭恭敬敬 (gōnggōngjìngjìng)
• 恭敬 (gōngjìng)
• 恭本
• 恭本正傳 / 恭本正传
• 恭桶
• 恭楷
• 恭維 / 恭维 (gōngwéi)
• 恭維話 / 恭维话
• 恭職 / 恭职
• 恭聽 / 恭听
• 恭肅嚴整 / 恭肃严整
• 恭行天罰 / 恭行天罚
• 恭謹 / 恭谨 (gōngjǐn)
• 恭謹謙和 / 恭谨谦和
• 恭讀 / 恭读 (gōngdú)
• 恭賀 / 恭贺 (gōnghè)
• 恭賀新禧 / 恭贺新禧 (gōnghèxīnxǐ)
• 恭迎 (gōngyíng)
• 恭送 (gōngsòng)
• 恭逢其盛
• 恭順 / 恭顺 (gōngshùn)
• 打恭 (dǎgōng)
• 打恭作揖
• 桀驁不恭 / 桀骜不恭
• 洗耳恭聽 / 洗耳恭听 (xǐ'ěrgōngtīng)
• 玩世不恭 (wánshìbùgōng)
• 畢恭畢敬 / 毕恭毕敬 (bìgōngbìjìng)
• 耿恭拜井
• 肅恭 / 肃恭
• 臭恭維 / 臭恭维
• 虛恭實怨 / 虚恭实怨
• 謙恭 / 谦恭 (qiāngōng)
• 謙恭下士 / 谦恭下士
• 謙恭厚道 / 谦恭厚道
• 象恭
• 足恭
• 顛越不恭 / 颠越不恭

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 恭

恭

(Jōyō kanji)

1. respect

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
• Kun: うやうやしい (uyauyashii, 恭しい, Jōyō)
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、たかし (takashi)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)、ゆき (yuki)、よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

恭 (eumhun 공손할 공 (gongsonhal gong))

1. hanja form^? of 공 (“respectful, polite, reverent”)

Vietnamese

Han character

恭: Hán Nôm readings: cung

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