供
submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
Readings
On'yomi
- キョウ
- ク
- クウ
- グ
Kun'yomi
- そな.える
- とも
- -ども
Meaning
供 centers on providing something to someone else: submitting an item, offering a service, presenting a gift, serving a meal, or accompanying a person as a form of assistance.
Most common words using 供
20 of 166- 子供こどもN5
child; children
- 供ともN1
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
- 提供ていきょうN2
offer; tender; providing; supplying; making available; donating (blood, organs, etc.)
- 供給きょうきゅうN3
supply; provision
- 供述きょうじゅつ
affidavit; deposition; testimony
- 供養くよう
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
- お供おともN1
attendant; companion
- 供与きょうよ
giving; provision; furnishing
- 供託きょうたく
deposit
- 御供えおそなえ
offering
- 供えるそなえるN1
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
- 供えそなえ
offering
- 自供じきょう
confession
- 供するきょうするN1
to offer; to present; to submit; to supply; to make available
- 供物くもつ
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
- 供え物そなえもの
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
- 供用きょうよう
offer for use
- 試供しきょう
offering something free as a promotion
- 供出きょうしゅつ
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
- 人身御供ひとみごくう
human sacrifice; victim
Study
Etymology
供 combines 亻 (person) with 共, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of offering or providing together. The character suggests a person presenting or serving something.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside 共 (together) offers something: imagine a waiter presenting a dish to a group, serving them together.
Reading mnemonic
For キョウ, picture a person offering a meal in Kyoto (京都, きょうと): Kyoto -> キョウ, and the waiter serves the food.