龔

See also: 龚

龔 U+9F94, 龔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F94 ← 龓 [U+9F93] CJK Unified Ideographs 龕 → [U+9F95]

Translingual

Han character

龔 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+6, 22 strokes, cangjie input 難卜心廿金 (XYPTC) or 卜心廿金 (YPTC), four-corner 0180₁, composition ⿱龍共)

1. give, present
2. reverential
3. a surname

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48837
• Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4805, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9F94

Chinese

trad.		龔
simp.		龚

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 龔姓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 龔
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̄ng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ / gorng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kéng / kióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ / giong¹ / giong²

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: guung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ³³²/

Note: gorng3 - non-orthodox reading (incl. surname).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kióng
    • Tâi-lô: kióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• kéng - vernacular (incl. surname);
• kióng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ / giong¹ / giong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong / kiong / kióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³/, /kioŋ³³/, /kioŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjowng

Rime
Character	龔
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	龔
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	龔
Reading #	1/1
No.	4168
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	恭
Old Chinese	/*kloŋ/

Definitions

龔

1. alternative form of 供 (“to supply”)
2. alternative form of 恭 (gōng, “to respect”)
3. to follow; to obey
4. a surname

   龔自珍／龚自珍  ―  Gōng Zìzhēn  ―  Gong Zizhen (Qing dynasty writer and intellectual)

Compounds

• 龔勝不屈 / 龚胜不屈
• 龔場 / 龚场 (Gōngchǎng)
• 龔河 / 龚河 (Gōnghé)
• 龔生 / 龚生
• 龔行天罰 / 龚行天罚
• 龔遂勸農 / 龚遂劝农
• 龔黃滿朝 / 龚黄满朝

Japanese

Kanji

龔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. give
2. present
3. referential

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、く (ku)、よう (yō)、ゆ (yu)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru)

Korean

Hanja

龔 • (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune–Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

1. polite, reverent
2. to supply
3. respect

Vietnamese

Han character

龔: Hán Nôm readings: cung

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