供

Translingual

Han character

供 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人廿金 (OTC), four-corner 2428₁, composition ⿰亻共)

1. supply, provide for
2. offer in worship

References

• KangXi: page 102, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 605
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 144, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4F9B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

供 (Yale gung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

供 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō), く (ku)
• Kun: そなえる (供える, sonaeru), とも (tomo), そなえ (供え, sonae)

Compounds

供物 供宴 供応 供花 供華 供犠 供給 供血 供御 供祭 供出 供述 供進 供人 供勢 供託

供米 供奉 供与 供用 供養 供覧 供料 口供 自供 節供 提供 私供 初節供 子供 試供品

Noun

供 (hiragana とも, romaji tomo)

1. attendant, servant
2. companion
3. entourage

Derived terms

• 供回り
• 供揃い
• 供待ち
• 人身御供

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Korean

Hanja

供 (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

供 (pinyin gōng (gong1), Wade-Giles kung¹)

Compounds

• 提供 (tígōng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

供 (cung, cúng, củng, cũng)

References

• Nom Foundation