Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
tribute, support, finance
Kun:
みつ.ぐ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
956 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貢 【コウ】 tribute
  • 貢献 【コウケン】 contribution (furthering a goal or cause), services (to a cause), paying tribute, tribute
  • 朝貢 【チョウコウ】 bringing tribute
  • 幣貢 【ヘイコウ】 offering, tribute

Kun reading compounds

  • 貢ぐ 【みつぐ】 to support (someone) financially, to finance, to supply (money), to give (in support), to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong4
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • tributo
  • finanzas
  • tributar
  • financiar

Portuguese

  • tributo
  • apoiar
  • financiar

French

  • tribut
  • contribution
  • financer
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1719 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1836 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1180 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1723 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2838 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
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2281 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5772 New Nelson (John Haig)
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85 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1392 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3161 2001 Kanji
7b3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
1080.6 Four corner code
1-25-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ca2 Unicode hex code