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Kotomora

供

submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 500Strokes8

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

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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.