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蚣

gōng

Character

What 蚣 means

1. used in {蜈蚣|wú gōng}

Words containing 蚣

• 蜈蚣wú gōngcentipede

Characters built on 公

These share the phonetic component 公 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 松sōngpine
• 讼sònglitigation
• 颂sòngode; eulogy; to praise in writing
• 忪sōngused in 惺忪
• 彸zhōngrestless, agitated

Characters that look like 蚣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 蚊wénmosquito
• 蛎lìoyster
• 衄nǜto bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc); fig. to be defeated
• 赊shēto buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time)
• 蚯qiūused in 蚯蚓

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 宫palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container