共
common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #379 U+5171
How 共 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 八 holding one object 廾
How to remember it
together · Heisig RSH #1354
salad + animal legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 共 as their sound component
These characters all use 共 (gòng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共 sound component | gòng | all, total; together; to share |
| 拱 | gǒng | to salute, to bow; arched; arch |
| 恭 | gōng | polite, respectful, reverent |
| 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 共
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安道尔共和国 | Ān dào ěr Gòng hé guó | Republic of Andorra |
| 克罗地亚共和国 | Kè luó dì yà Gòng hé guó | Republic of Croatia |
| 基里巴斯共和国 | Jī lǐ bā sī Gòng hé guó | Kiribati |
| 中华人民共和国 | Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó | People's Republic of China |
| 共行车道 | gòng xíng chē dào | carpool lane |
| 公共道德 | gōng gòng dào dé | public morality; social ethics |
| 国共合作 | Guó Gòng Hé zuò | United Front (either of the two alliances between the Guomindang and the Communist Party, … |
| 多明尼加共和国 | Duō míng ní jiā Gòng hé guó | (Tw) Dominican Republic |
| 小公共 | xiǎo gōng gòng | mini bus (used for public transportation) |
| 公共事业 | gōng gòng shì yè | public utility; state-run enterprise; public foundation or enterprise, often charitable |
| 共通性 | gòng tōng xìng | commonality; universality |
| 公共交通 | gōng gòng jiāo tōng | public transport; mass transit |
| 多米尼加共和国 | Duō mǐ ní jiā Gòng hé guó | Dominican Republic |
| 中非共和国 | Zhōng fēi Gòng hé guó | Central African Republic |
| 阿拉伯共同市场 | Ā lā bó Gòng tóng Shì chǎng | Arab Common Market |
| 爱尔兰共和国 | Ài ěr lán Gòng hé guó | Republic of Ireland |
| 中国共产主义青年团 | Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn zhǔ yì Qīng nián tuán | Communist Youth League of China; China Youth League |
| 共青城市 | Gòng qīng chéng Shì | Gongqingcheng, a county-level city in Jiujiang City 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 公共行政 | gōng gòng xíng zhèng | public administration |
| 共同基金 | gòng tóng jī jīn | mutual fund |