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Chinese symbol for “offerings”

供
gòng
to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])

The closest CC-CEDICT match for offerings is 供 (gòng), defined as: to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

供 gòng
to supply, to provide for; to offer in worship
radical 9 ⼈ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “offerings”

WordPinyinMeaning
斋果 (齋果)zhāi guǒ(religious) offerings

Related words

Other words that share a character with 供.

WordPinyinMeaning
提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
供应 (供應)gōng yìngto supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
供给 (供給)gōng jǐto furnish; to provide
供电 (供電)gōng diànto supply electricity
供应商 (供應商)gōng yìng shāngsupplier
供水gōng shuǐto supply water

See also: Japanese symbol for “offerings”.

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.

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