Chinese Character 共 Meanings and components.

Form

共

Meaning

共 meaning^[3] in English

Common.

General.

To Share.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 共 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are twenty (20), in … (廿) , and hands joined (廾)

Its radical^[1] is: 八 (ba1) which means: Eight, 8, .八ba1eight

In cangjie it is written with TC

How to write 共

To write共gong4common you should write a combination of 廿nian4twenty (20), … , 廾gong3hands joined arranged in a 吕 shape:

廿 + 廾 = 共

共 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

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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