kánggāng HSK7

carry on shoulders

Labor  done by hand  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
SoundMeaning component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːŋ

說文解字

橫關對舉也。从手工聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica