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龚

Gōng

Character Traditional 龔

What 龚 means

1. surname Gong

Words starting with 龚

• 龚自珍Gōng Zì zhēnGong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet
• 龚古尔Gōng gǔ ěrGoncourt (name)

Characters built on 共

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

• 供gōngto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 洪hóngflood; big; great
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 烘hōngto bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 珙gǒng(gem)
• 栱gǒngpost

Characters that look like 龚

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

• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…
• 粪fènmanure; dung
• 聋lóngdeaf
• 崽zǎichild; young animal
• 孬nāo(dialect) contracted form of 不好

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
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm