The 共 family
共 · gòng · ㄍㄨㄥˋ — common
Know 共 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 供、恭、洪、哄. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 供gōng · ㄍㄨㄥ部首 亻 單人旁 · personto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)78%
- 恭gōng · ㄍㄨㄥ部首 心 · heartrespectful78%
- 洪hóng · ㄏㄨㄥˊ部首 氵 三點水 · waterflood; big65%
- 哄hōng · ㄏㄨㄥ部首 口 · mouthroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub65%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 共 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 共 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 72%.
Words this family builds
- 提供
- 恭喜
- 共同
- 共和
- 公共
- 僅供
- 一共
- 共事
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