供
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 人 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 供
- Common rank
- #1,098
- Unicode
- U+4F9B
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 供 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 亻 making an offering with both hands 共; 共 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
supply · Heisig RSH #1355
人 person + 共 together
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 供
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电源供应器 | power supply unit | |
| 服务提供者 | service provider | |
| 供血者 | blood donor | |
| 供不应求 | supply does not meet demand | |
| 服务提供商 | (Internet) service provider | |
| 供应者 | supplier | |
| 供大于求 | supply exceeds demand | |
| 供油系统 | fuel supply system; lubricating system | |
| 提供者 | supplier; provider | |
| 供应品 | supplies | |
| 子供向 | (of a game, movie etc) intended for children (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 子供向け "k… | |
| 供应商 | supplier | |
| 供水 | to supply water | |
| 供过于求 | supply exceeds demand | |
| 上供 | to make offerings (to gods or ancestors); to offer gifts to superiors in order to win thei… | |
| 供花 | flower offering | |
| 供电 | to supply electricity | |
| 供体 | donor (chemistry, physics, medicine) | |
| 供佛花 | flower offering | |
| 提供商 | provider (company) |