巩

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(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

凡 meaning “all” + 工 sound ( gōng )

Components 工凡

strengthen · Heisig RSH #1513

I-beam + 凡 ordinary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
巩义市	Gǒng yì Shì	Gongyi, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市\|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
巩留县	Gǒng liú Xiàn	Gongliu, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke…
巩县	Gǒng xiàn	Gong county in Henan
巩义	Gǒng yì	see 鞏義市\|巩义市[Gong3 yi4 Shi4]
巩留	Gǒng liú	see 鞏留縣\|巩留县[Gong3 liu2 Xian4]
巩固	gǒng gù	to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
巩膜	gǒng mó	(anatomy) sclera
岑巩县	Cén gǒng Xiàn	Cengong, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州\|黔东南苗族侗族自治州…
曾巩	Zēng Gǒng	Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 …
巩俐	Gǒng Lì	Gong Li (1965–), Chinese actress
岑巩	Cén gǒng	see 岑鞏縣\|岑巩县[Cen2 gong3 Xian4]

Characters sharing the sound component 工 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
工 sound part	gōng	labor, work; laborer, worker
红	hóng	red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
空	kōng	hollow, empty, deserted, bare
江	jiāng	large river; the Yangtze; surname
经	jīng	the classics; to experience, to undergo
轻	qīng	light, gentle; simple, easy
径	jìng	path, diameter; straight, direct
攻	gōng	to accuse; to assault; to criticize
项	xiàng	neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
氢	qīng	ammonia
贡	gòng	to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts
虹	hóng	rainbow
缸	gāng	earthen jug, crock, cistern
肛	gāng	anus
汞	gǒng	mercury (element)
邛	qióng	mound; in distress
豇	jiāng	kidney bean; black-eyed pea
仝	tóng	together, same; surname
巠	jīng	underground river; flowing water