Gōng

give

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
lóng dragon
Sound component
gòng together with

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

give Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
lóng dragon
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