供

gōng · HSK 7

be for

🍽️ 供 = 亻person + 共 together — a person providing for all

The radical 亻(person) plus 共 (together, common) gives the sense of one person supplying what the group shares. 共 also hints at the gōng sound, making 供 a phono-semantic compound: person + shared = to provide.

供 — person radical 亻 + 共 (together)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 亻 (person) gives the meaning of human action while 共 (together, gōng) supplies the sound. Originally meaning to present or offer jointly, it extended to 'supply, provide.' A second reading gòng means to make an offering or confess.

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