共 (gòng): common, general, to share
共 (gòng) is a Chinese character meaning “common.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 廾 (structural), 一 (structural) and 八 (structural). It ranks #330 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 共 two hands 八 holding one object 廾. Its radical form 八 (eight) appears in many related characters such as 八 (bā, eight), 六 (liù, six), 关 (guān, mountain pass).
Definitions
- common
- general
- to share
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTwo hands 八 holding one object 廾
Decomposition: ⿳廾一八 (layout: top-middle-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 共
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 共同adjective | gòng tóng | common | 4 |
| 公共adjective | gōng gòng | public | 4 |
| 一共adverb | yī gòng | in total | 3 |
| 总共adverb | zǒng gòng | altogether | 5 |
| 共享 | gòng xiǎng | to share | 5 |
| 共计verb | gòng jì | to sum up to | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共事 | gòng shì | to work together |
| 共同点 | gòng tóng diǎn | common ground |
| 共和党 | gòng hé dǎng | Republican Party |
| 共识 | gòng shí | common understanding |
| 共和国 | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 共有 | gòng yǒu | in total there are ... |
| 共产党 | gòng chǎn dǎng | Communist Party |
| 共鸣 | gòng míng | (physics) to resonate |
| 共产主义 | gòng chǎn zhǔ yì | communism |
| 共处 | gòng chǔ | to coexist |
| 公共场所 | gōng gòng chǎng suǒ | public place |
| 共犯 | gòng fàn | accomplice |
| 共谋 | gòng móu | to scheme together |
| 共和 | gòng hé | republic |
| 共存 | gòng cún | to coexist |
共 appears in 100 compound words: 65 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 共 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (28)
Showing 12 of 28 idioms containing 共.
Example Sentences
我们应该共同努力，保护好我们的环境。
Wǒmen yīnggāi gòngtóng nǔlì, bǎohù hǎo wǒmen de huánjìng.
We should work together to protect our environment.
“民歌50”唱进湾区,共赴岁月的约定
mín gē 5 0 chàng jìn wān qū , gòng fù suì yuè de yuē dìng
"Folk Song 50" sung into the Bay Area and went to the agreement of the years
...春中国行丨中国年遇上“送冬节”:中俄民众共赴春天..
. . . chūn zhōng guó háng 丨 zhōng guó nián yù shàng sòng dōng jié : zhōng é mín zhòng gòng fù chūn tiān . .
... Spring China Tour丨Chinese New Year meets "Winter Festival": Chinese and Russian people go to spring together:
“莫斯科送冬节”在京开幕,市民游客共赴俄罗斯春日之..
mò sī kē sòng dōng jié zài jīng kāi mù , shì mín yóu kè gòng fù é luó sī chūn rì zhī . .
"Moscow Winter Festival" opened in Beijing, the public and tourists to visit the Russian spring....
高速交警邀“义务巡逻员”共吃年夜饭 警民共守平安路
gāo sù jiāo jǐng yāo yì wù xún luó yuán gòng chī nián yè fàn jǐng mín gòng shǒu píng ān lù
Highway traffic police invited "volunteer patrollers" to eat New Year's Eve dinner, police and people to guard the safe road together
全球多地举办活动共庆新春佳节
quán qiú duō dì jǔ bàn huó dòng gòng qìng xīn chūn jiā jié
Many places around the world organize events to celebrate the Lunar New Year festivities
公共汽车上发生什么了？
Gōnggòngqìchē shàng fāshēng shénme le?
What happened on the bus?
你是否坐公共汽车去上学？
Nǐ shìfǒu zuò gōnggòngqìchē qù shàngxué?
Do you go to school by bus?
秘鲁的共通语言是什么？
Bìlǔ de gòngtōng yǔyán shì shénme?
What is the common language in Peru?
你一共花了多少钱？
Nǐ yīgòng huā le duōshao qián?
What is the total amount of money you spent?
Character Family
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