Chinese Character 供 Meanings and components.

Form

供

Meaning

供 meaning[3] in English

To Provide.

To Supply.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 供 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and common (共)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OTC

How to write 供

To write供gong1to provide you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 共gong4common arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 共 = 供

供 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 供 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 供, looks as follow:

供
Pinyin:gong1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Provide . To Supply
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
共
Pinyin:gong4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Common . General . To Share . Together . Total . Altogether . Abbr. For 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 Chan3 Dang3], Communist Party
廿
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Twenty (20), In A Limited Number Of Set Expressions . Also Written Using Banker'S Character 念
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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