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躬

gōng

HSK 6 Character

What 躬 means

1. literarybody (of a human, esp. the torso)
2. bound formto bow
3. literaryoneself; personally

Other readings

躬 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gōngold variant of {躬|gōng}

Example sentences

• 鞠躬！
  Jūgōng!
  Bow down!
• 他向女王鞠躬。
  Tā xiàng nǚwáng jūgōng.
  He bowed to the Queen.
• 男孩向我鞠了个躬。
  Nánhái xiàng wǒ jū le gè gōng.
  The boy bowed to me.
• 没有人向他恭敬地鞠躬。
  No one respectfully bowed towards him.
• 在日本，遇到人鞠躬是有礼貌的表现。
  Zài Rìběn, yùdào rén jūgōng shì yǒulǐmào de biǎoxiàn.
  In Japan, it is polite to bow when one meets someone.
• 我走到她身旁，鞠了个躬，亲吻她的手。
  I walked up to her, bowed, and kissed her hand.

Words starting with 躬

• 躬身gōng shēnto bow; personally
• 躬履gōng lǚto carry out a task personally; to take responsibility for
• 躬行gōng xíngto personally undertake or manage
• 躬亲gōng qīnto attend to personally; in person
• 躬诣gōng yìto call (at sb's home) personally

Words containing 躬

• 鞠躬jū gōngto bow; (literary) to bend down
• 鞠躬尽瘁jū gōng jìn cuìto bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
• 圣躬shèng gōngthe Emperor's body; Holy body; the current reigning Emperor
• 事必躬亲shì bì gōng qīnto attend to everything personally
• 卑躬屈节bēi gōng qū jiéto bow and scrape; to act servilely
• 卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xīto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
• 反躬自问fǎn gōng zì wènintrospection; to ask oneself
• 打躬作揖dǎ gōng zuò yīto bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐto bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom)…

Characters that look like 躬

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

• 射shèto shoot; to launch; to allude to
• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 豹bàoleopard; panther
• 躯qūhuman body
• 婀ēgraceful; willowy; unstable

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)
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container