恭

恭	U+606D, 恭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-606D

← 恬
[U+606C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

恮 →
[U+606E]

Translingual

Han character

恭 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿金心 (TCP), four-corner 4433₈, composition ⿱共㣺)

References

KangXi: page 385, character 15

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10596

Dae Jaweon: page 717, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2299, character 9

Unihan data for U+606D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		恭
2nd round simp.		⿱共小
alternative forms		𢙄龔／龚龏供

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 恭
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (共) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
港	kroːŋʔ, ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	ɡroːŋs, ɡloːŋs
烘	qʰloːŋ, qʰloːŋs, ɡoːŋ, ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	kloŋ, kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	kloŋ, kloŋʔ
共	kloŋ, ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	kloŋʔ, kloɡ
蛬	kloŋʔ, ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	kloŋʔ, ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kloŋ) : phonetic 共 (OC *kloŋ, *ɡloŋs, “heart”) + semantic 心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гун (gun, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gung¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiûng
(Meixian, Guangdong): giung¹
Jin (Wiktionary): gung¹
Min Bei (KCR): gé̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): gṳ̆ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kiong
(Teochew, Peng'im): giong¹
Wu (Wiktionary): kon (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
  - Palladius: гун (gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гун (gun, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: guung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: giung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: giung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ciʊŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kũŋ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong
  - Tâi-lô: kiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kon (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 恭
Mandarin	Beijing	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/kuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kuŋ²¹/
	Xining	/kuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/koŋ/
	Nanjing	/koŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/kəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/koŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/koŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/koŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕyɔ³³/ /koŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/kuʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/kan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/koŋ³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kiuŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kioŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/koŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kuŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kiɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kioŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/koŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /kɨoŋ/

Rime
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九容切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuawŋ/
Li Rong	/kioŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*k<r>oŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*kloŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*k<r>oŋ/
English	respectful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	恭
Reading #	1/1
No.	4166
Phonetic component	共
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	恭
Old Chinese	/*kloŋ/

Definitions

恭

respectful; polite; reverent
to (show) respect
a surname

Compounds

不恭 (bùgōng)
兄友弟恭 (xiōngyǒudìgōng)
出大恭 (chū dàgōng)
出小恭
出恭 (chūgōng)
大恭 (dàgōng)
恭人 (gōngrén)
恭候 (gōnghòu)
恭喜 (gōngxǐ)
恭士
恭己
恭己待人
恭恭敬敬 (gōnggōngjìngjìng)
恭敬 (gōngjìng)
恭本
恭桶
恭楷
恭迎 (gōngyíng)
恭送

恭逢其盛
打恭 (dǎgōng)
打恭作揖 (dǎgōngzuòyī)
玩世不恭 (wánshìbùgōng)
耿恭拜井
象恭
足恭
出虛恭／出虚恭
前倨後恭／前倨后恭 (qiánjùhòugōng)
卻之不恭／却之不恭
後恭前倨／后恭前倨
恭儉／恭俭
恭儉靜一／恭俭静一
恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)
恭本正傳／恭本正传
恭維／恭维 (gōngwéi)
恭維話／恭维话
恭職／恭职
恭聽／恭听

恭肅嚴整／恭肃严整
恭行天罰／恭行天罚
恭謹／恭谨 (gōngjǐn)
恭謹謙和／恭谨谦和
恭讀／恭读 (gōngdú)
恭賀／恭贺 (gōnghè)
恭賀新禧／恭贺新禧 (gōnghèxīnxǐ)
恭順／恭顺 (gōngshùn)
桀驁不恭／桀骜不恭
洗耳恭聽／洗耳恭听 (xǐ'ěrgōngtīng)
畢恭畢敬／毕恭毕敬 (bìgōngbìjìng)
肅恭／肃恭
臭恭維／臭恭维
虛恭實怨／虚恭实怨
謙恭／谦恭 (qiāngōng)
謙恭下士／谦恭下士
謙恭厚道／谦恭厚道
顛越不恭／颠越不恭

Japanese

Kanji

恭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

respect

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
Kun: うやうやしい (uyauyashii, 恭しい, Jōyō)
Nanori: きよ (kiyo); たかし (takashi); やす (yasu); やすし (yasushi); ゆき (yuki); よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

恭 (eumhun 공손할 공 (gongsonhal gong))

Hanja form^? of 공 (“respectful, polite, reverent”).

Vietnamese

Han character

恭: Hán Nôm readings: cung

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