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貢 — 10 strokes / Radical「貝」

道
準2High school level / 10 strokes / Radical「貝」
On
コウ・クこう・く · kō · ku
Kun
みつ.ぐmitsu.gu
Meaning
tribute; contribute

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

工 with 貝 "money": to render tribute — to contribute.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō貢献こうけん
Onクくku年貢ねんぐ
Kunみつぐmitsugu貢ぐみつぐ貢ぎ物みつぎもの

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 貢献こうけん

    contribution

  • 年貢ねんぐ

    annual tribute

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

研究(けんきゅう)に大(おお)きく貢献(こうけん)した。

He contributed greatly to the research.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

年貢貢献貢年year献offer貞chaste賄bribe賜grant賓guest賠compen…江large…享receiv…肯consen…岬cape侯marqui…
CompoundRadicalReading

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