巩 (gǒng): (bound form) to fix in place, to make firm and secure
巩 (gǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to fix in place.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 工 (phonetic) and 凡 (semantic). It ranks #2312 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 巩 all. Its radical form 工 (work) appears in many related characters such as 工 (gōng, work), 左 (zuǒ, left), 差 (chā, difference).
Definitions
- (bound form) to fix in place
- to make firm and secure
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 巩
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巩膜 | gǒng mó | (anatomy) sclera |
| 巩俐 | gǒng lì | Gong Li (1965–), Chinese actress |
| 巩义市 | gǒng yì shì | Gongyi, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 巩义 | gǒng yì | see 鞏義市|巩义市[Gong3 yi4 Shi4] |
| 巩留县 | gǒng liú xiàn | Gongliu County or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 z... |
| 曾巩 | zēng gǒng | Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1] |
| 巩留 | gǒng liú | Gongliu County or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 z... |
| 岑巩县 | cén gǒng xiàn | Cengong, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 Miao2 zu2... |
| 巩县 | gǒng xiàn | Gong county in Henan |
| 岑巩 | cén gǒng | see 岑鞏縣|岑巩县[Cen2 gong3 Xian4] |
巩 appears in 11 compound words: 73 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 9 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 巩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
巩字由6笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
gǒng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "Gong" consists of six strokes and has a very clever structure.
8年攻坚5年巩固 让农民生活更加富裕美好
8 nián gōng jiān 5 nián gǒng gù ràng nóng mín shēng huó gēng jiā fù yù měi hǎo
8 years of tackling tough problems and 5 years of consolidation to make farmers' lives richer and better
学习规划建议每日问答|如何理解巩固提升香港国际金融、航运、贸易中心地位,...
xué xí guī huá jiàn yì měi rì wèn dā rú hé lǐ jiě gǒng gù tí shēng xiāng gǎng guó jì jīn róng , háng yùn , mào yì zhōng xīn dì wèi , . . .
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...总书记:在新的发展阶段增强“物质内力”与巩固“精神内力”
. . . zǒng shū jì : zài xīn de fā zhǎn jiē duàn zēng qiáng wù zhì nèi lì yǔ gǒng gù jīng shén nèi lì
... General Secretary: Enhance "material internal force" and consolidate "spiritual internal force" in the new development stage
敏感时刻...习近平致电金正恩 巩固中朝关系
mǐn gǎn shí kè . . . xí jìn píng zhì diàn jīn zhèng ēn gǒng gù zhōng cháo guān xì
Sensitive moments... Xi Jinping called Kim Jong-un to consolidate China-North Korea relations
敏感时刻 习致电金正恩 巩固中朝关系
mǐn gǎn shí kè xí zhì diàn jīn zhèng ēn gǒng gù zhōng cháo guān xì
Sensitive moment Xi called Kim Jong-un to consolidate China-North Korea relations
真正的王在巩固他的权利，然而虚假的王却在打高尔夫。
Zhēnzhèng de Wáng zài gǒnggù tā de quánlì, rán'ér xūjiǎ de Wáng què zài dǎgāo'ěrfū.
The fake king plays golf while the real king consolidates his power.
Character Family
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