漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
貢: tribute, support
Also: finance
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
貝 carries the meaning · 工 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 貢献こうけんcontribution (furthering a goal or cause)
- 朝貢ちょうこうbringing tribute
みつぐmitsugu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 貢ぎみつぎtribute (to a monarch, feudal lord, etc.)
Also read ク, 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
“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
貢 takes the 工 family's reading, コウ (kou).
In ChineseSimplified 贡 · traditional, as in Japanese · gòng
Japan keeps the traditional form 貢; mainland China simplifies it to 贡.
- Simplified
- 贡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 貢 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gòng 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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