龔
Gōng

give

Phonosemantic compound. 龍 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

龍
龍 Meaning component
lóng dragon
共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjowngk<r>oŋrespectful
Zhengzhangkloŋ

說文解字

給也。从共龍聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

龚 gōng give Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 龙 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound. Simplified form of 龔.

Components

龙
龙 Meaning component
lóng dragon
共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode