供 — Chinese character
供
gōng
to supply, to provide for; to offer in worship
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 共
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 亻 making an offering with both hands 共; 共 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 供 as a kanji
Common words with 供
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer; to supply |
| 供应 (供應) | gōng yìng | to supply; to provide (goods, services etc) |
| 供给 (供給) | gōng jǐ | to furnish; to provide |
| 供电 (供電) | gōng diàn | to supply electricity |
| 供应商 (供應商) | gōng yìng shāng | supplier |
| 供水 | gōng shuǐ | to supply water |
| 供奉 | gòng fèng | to consecrate; to enshrine and worship |
| 供养 (供養) | gōng yǎng | to supply; to provide for one's elders |
| 供养 (供養) | gòng yǎng | to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4] |
| 供需 | gōng xū | supply and demand |
| 供不应求 (供不應求) | gōng bù yìng qiú | supply does not meet demand |
| 供应链 (供應鏈) | gōng yìng liàn | supply chain |
English words written with 供
供 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.