The kanji 供: meaning, readings and stroke order
供
- Meaning
- offer, provide
- On reading
- キョウ kyou、ク* ku
- Kun reading
- そな(える) sonaeru、とも tomo
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- dâng, cung cấp (cung)
- Japanese
- さしだす。かみさまに そなえる。
- Korean
- 바치다, 제공하다 (공)
- Chinese
- 提供、供奉
Readings, words and example sentences
キョウ kyou · on reading
提供
providing, offering
会社が 学校に 品を 提供します。
A company gives things to the school.
そな(える) sonaeru · kun reading · less common
供える
to offer (to gods or the dead)
墓に 花を 供えます。
I put flowers on the grave.
とも tomo · kun reading · less common
供
attendant, companion
お供を つれて 行きます。
He goes with his attendants.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.