恭
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respectful
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 恭
- Common rank
- #1,873
- Unicode
- U+606D
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
respectful · Heisig RSH #2767
共 together + valentine
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 恭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恭城县 | see 恭城瑤族自治縣|恭城瑶族自治县[Gong1 cheng2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 恭城瑶族自治县 | Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 恭敬不如从命 | deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); (said to accept sb's request, invitation… | |
| 玩世不恭 | to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions; frivolous | |
| 恭喜发财 | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) | |
| 恭亲王 | Grand Prince (Qing title) | |
| 洗耳恭听 | to listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears | |
| 不恭 | disrespectful | |
| 大恭 | (literary) excrement; feces | |
| 小恭 | (literary) urine | |
| 出恭 | to defecate (euphemism); to go to the toilet | |
| 恭城 | see 恭城瑤族自治縣|恭城瑶族自治县[Gong1 cheng2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 不敢恭维 | (idiom) less than impressed; underwhelmed | |
| 却之不恭 | to refuse would be impolite | |
| 结恭 | to be constipated (euphemism) | |
| 恭维 | to compliment; to praise | |
| 恭顺 | deferential; respectful | |
| 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 温良恭俭 | temperate, kind, courteous and restrained | |
| 必恭必敬 | variant of 畢恭畢敬|毕恭毕敬[bi4 gong1 bi4 jing4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 共 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共 sound part | all, total; together; to share | |
| 拱 | to salute, to bow; arched; arch | |
| 粪 | manure, dung; shit, excrement | |
| 哄 | to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar | |
| 烘 | to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire | |
| 珙 | precious stone; a county in Sichuan | |
| 蕻 | budding, flourishing | |
| 龚 | to give, to present; reverential | |
| 栱 | stake, post; pillar; peg | |
| 輂 | horse-drawn carriage | |
| 衖 | alley, lane |