恭
respectful
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,873 U+606D
How 恭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺗ (semantic, “heart”) + 共 (phonetic, gòng)
How to remember it
respectful · Heisig RSH #2767
共 together + valentine
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 共
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 共 (gòng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共 sound component | gòng | all, total; together; to share |
| 拱 | gǒng | to salute, to bow; arched; arch |
| 粪 | fèn | manure, dung; shit, excrement |
| 哄 | hǒng | to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar |
| 烘 | hōng | to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire |
| 珙 | gǒng | precious stone; a county in Sichuan |
| 蕻 | hòng | budding, flourishing |
| 龚 | gōng | to give, to present; reverential |
| 栱 | gǒng | stake, post; pillar; peg |
| 輂 | jú | horse-drawn carriage |
| 衖 | xiàng | alley, lane |
Words containing 恭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恭城县 | Gōng chéng Xiàn | see 恭城瑤族自治縣|恭城瑶族自治县[Gong1 cheng2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 恭城瑶族自治县 | Gōng chéng Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 恭敬不如从命 | gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng | deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); (said to accept sb's request, invitation… |
| 玩世不恭 | wán shì bù gōng | to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions; frivolous |
| 恭喜发财 | gōng xǐ fā cái | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) |
| 恭亲王 | Gōng qīn wáng | Grand Prince (Qing title) |
| 洗耳恭听 | xǐ ěr gōng tīng | to listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears |
| 不恭 | bù gōng | disrespectful |
| 大恭 | dà gōng | (literary) excrement; feces |
| 小恭 | xiǎo gōng | (literary) urine |
| 出恭 | chū gōng | to defecate (euphemism); to go to the toilet |
| 恭城 | Gōng chéng | see 恭城瑤族自治縣|恭城瑶族自治县[Gong1 cheng2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 不敢恭维 | bù gǎn gōng wei | (idiom) less than impressed; underwhelmed |
| 却之不恭 | què zhī bù gōng | to refuse would be impolite |
| 结恭 | jié gōng | to be constipated (euphemism) |
| 恭维 | gōng wei | to compliment; to praise |
| 恭顺 | gōng shùn | deferential; respectful |
| 恭喜 | gōng xǐ | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! |
| 温良恭俭 | wēn liáng gōng jiǎn | temperate, kind, courteous and restrained |
| 必恭必敬 | bì gōng bì jìng | variant of 畢恭畢敬|毕恭毕敬[bi4 gong1 bi4 jing4] |