恭 (gōng)
respectful/polite
How 恭 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 恭
- Simplified
- 恭 (unchanged)
Components
- 艹 grass
- 一 one
- 八 eight/divide
- 丨 line
- ㇒ N/A
Common words using 恭
- 恭喜發財 gōngxǐfācái
- May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
- 恭喜 gōngxǐ
- congratulations; greetings
- 出恭 chūgōng
- to defecate (euphemism); to go to the toilet
- 恭候 gōnghòu
- to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully
- 恭敬 gōngjìng
- deferential; respectful
- 恭祝 gōngzhù
- to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)
- 恭維 gōngwei
- to flatter or give a compliment
- 恭順 gōngshùn
- deferent
- 洗耳恭聽 xǐěrgōngtīng
- to listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears
- 玩世不恭 wánshìbùgōng
- to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions; frivolous
- 畢恭畢敬 bìgōngbìjìng
- reverent and respectful; extremely deferential
- 謙恭 qiāngōng
- polite and modest
恭 in a sentence
恭喜你考上了理想的大學！
Gōngxǐ nǐ kǎoshàng le lǐxiǎng de dàxué!
“Congratulations on getting into your ideal university!”
How common is 恭?
恭 is the 1,740th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96% of all running text.
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