The kanji 貢: meaning, readings and stroke order

貢

Meaning: contribute, pay tribute
On reading: コウ kou、ク* ku
Kun reading: みつ（ぐ） mitsugu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đóng góp, cống nạp (cống)
Japanese: やくにたつようにつくす。みつぐ。
Korean: 이바지하다, 바치다 (공)
Chinese: 贡献、进贡 (贡)

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

貢こう献けん
contribution
研究に大きく 貢こう献けんしました。
He made a big contribution to the research.

みつ（ぐ） mitsugu · kun reading · less common

貢みつぐ
to pay tribute
むかしは米を 貢みつぎました。
Long ago, people paid rice as tribute.

* 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.