供奉

gòng fèng · HSK 7

to enshrine and worship

🙏 供 (offer) + 奉 (present with both hands) = reverently offer up

供 means to supply or offer; 奉 depicts presenting something respectfully with both hands. Together they describe formally offering tribute to ancestors or deities — the ritual act of enshrining and worshipping.

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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