Chinese symbol for “gifts”
贡
gòng
Traditional: 貢
to offer tribute; tribute; gifts
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gifts is 贡 (gòng), defined as: to offer tribute; tribute; gifts.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贡献 (貢獻) | gòng xiàn | to contribute; to dedicate |
| 贡士 (貢士) | gòng shì | (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿试 (diàn shì)) |
| 贡献者 (貢獻者) | gòng xiàn zhě | contributor; benefactor |
| 进贡 (進貢) | jìn gòng | to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc) |
| 贡品 (貢品) | gòng pǐn | tribute |
| 朝贡 (朝貢) | cháo gòng | (of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.