貢

See also: 贡

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

Translingual

Stroke order

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

• 嗊, 幊, 愩, 摃, 槓, 熕, 碽, 贑, 慐, 䔈, 篢

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠗸, 𡎴, 𡟫, 𡺭, 𣹟, 𤗤, 𥈿, 𥛌, 𧜙, 𦩼, 𤳢, 𨫋, 𥨨, 𩌌, 𩐵, 𩫢, 𩹸
• 𠞖, 𪄌, 𡻃, 𤕙, 𧶓, 𥧡, 𢩛, 𨶛
• 𪝖, 𭹫, 𬗯, 𫋐, 𬧄, 𪱮

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

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

	Old Chinese
缸	*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢	*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹	*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐	*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːŋs): phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 貝. However, the phonetic component indicates the concept of working and achievement (功), hence putting efforts to make any kind of contribute and/or reach an achievement.

Etymology 1

trad.		貢
simp.		贡
alternative forms		𢀢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòng (gong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kung
• Eastern Min (BUC): góng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòng
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴
    • Yale: gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonq
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung³
    • Yale: gung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: góng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòng
    • Tâi-lô: kòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwngH

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤom-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːŋs/

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
• 克林貢 / 克林贡 (kèlíngòng)
• 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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung³
    • Yale: gung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³³/

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