巩
gǒngGǒng HSK6

secure, bind

Phonosemantic compound. 丮 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

工
工 Sound component
gōng work
丮
丮 Meaning component
jǐ catch
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丮 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

恐蛩跫銎鞏

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

筑鞏

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“，袌也。从，工聲。，或加手。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鞏 gǒng bind, secure Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 巩 represents the sound.

Components

巩
巩 SoundMeaning component
gǒng secure, bind
革
革 Meaning component
gé leather

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjowngXk(r)oŋʔ bind with leather straps

說文解字

《說文》：“鞏，以韋束也。《易》曰：‘鞏用黃牛之革。’从革，巩聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)