漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
恭: respect, reverent
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
⺗ carries the meaning · 共 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 恭敬きょうけいrespect; reverence; veneration
- 恭順きょうじゅんallegiance; obedience; submission
- 恭倹きょうけんrespectfulness and modesty; deference
Also read うやうやしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
共
Also built on together (共)
恭 takes the 共 family's reading, キョウ (kyou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side恭 respect · ⺗
vs洪 deluge · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gōng
Same form: 恭 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 恭 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 恭 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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