供 (gōng)
to provide/to supply
How 供 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 供
- Simplified
- 供 (unchanged)
Components
- 亻 human
- 艹 grass
- 一 one
- 八 eight/divide
供 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- gōng
- to provide; to supply
- gòng
- sacrificial offering; to confess
Common words using 供
- 提供 tígōng
- to offer; to supply; to provide
- 供奉 gòngfèng
- to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors)
- 供應 gōngyìng
- to supply; to provide; to offer
- 供應商 gōngyìngshāng
- supplier
- 供給 gōngjǐ
- to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)
- 供詞 gòngcí
- statement of confession
- 供電 gōngdiàn
- to supply electricity
- 供養 gōngyǎng
- to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents
- 上供 shànggòng
- to make offerings (to gods or ancestors); to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
- 串供 chuàngòng
- to collude; to string a false confession
- 供不應求 gōngbùyìngqiú
- supply does not meet demand
- 供品 gòngpǐn
- offering
供 in a sentence
這家飯店提供免費的早餐。
Zhè jiā fàndiàn tígōng miǎnfèi de zǎocān.
“This hotel provides free breakfast.”
How common is 供?
供 is the 550th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 77.8% of all running text.
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