功
meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #545 U+529F
How 功 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Results produced by capable 力 labor 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
achievement · Heisig RSH #742
I-beam + 力 power
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 功
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成功大学 | Chéng gōng Dà xué | National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan |
| 功利主义 | gōng lì zhǔ yì | utilitarianism |
| 非一日之功 | fēi yī rì zhī gōng | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom); fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish |
| 功德无量 | gōng dé wú liàng | no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence |
| 台上一分钟，台下十年功 | tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng | ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom) |
| 医之好治不病以为功 | yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng | doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's… |
| 功到自然成 | gōng dào zì rán chéng | effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom) |
| 文治武功 | wén zhì wǔ gōng | political and military achievements (idiom) |
| 马到成功 | mǎ dào chéng gōng | to win instant success (idiom) |
| 大功 | dà gōng | great merit; great service |
| 基本功 | jī běn gōng | basic skills; fundamentals |
| 头功 | tóu gōng | first class merit |
| 下功夫 | xià gōng fu | variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5] |
| 功能性 | gōng néng xìng | functionality |
| 武功县 | Wǔ gōng Xiàn | Wugong, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 武功山 | Wǔ gōng shān | Mt Wugong in Jiangxi |
| 功能机 | gōng néng jī | feature phone |
| 功成不居 | gōng chéng bù jū | not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom) |
| 多功能表 | duō gōng néng biǎo | multifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply) |
| 功夫病毒 | gōng fu bìng dú | kung flu |