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Kanji Detail for 供 - "to offer, to provide, attendant"

供

  • Meaning

    供 means "to offer, to provide, attendant."

    1. Offer - To present; to give as an offering.

    2. Provide - To supply; to furnish.

    3. Attendant - A servant; a follower.

    4. Confess - To state; to admit.

  • Words using 供

    • 子供 こども Listen child; children
    • 供給 きょうきゅう Listen supply; provision
    • 提供 ていきょう Listen offer; tender; providing
    • 供与 きょうよ Listen giving; provision; furnishing
    • 供述 きょうじゅつ Listen affidavit; deposition; testimony
    • 提供者 ていきょうしゃ Listen donor; contributor; provider
    • 供養 くよう Listen memorial service for the dead; holding a service
    • 供える そなえる Listen to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

  • Four-character idioms with 供

    • 永代供養 えいたいくよう Listen services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul
    • 追善供養 ついぜんくよう Listen memorial service
    • 開眼供養 かいげんくよう Listen ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

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    • Verified meaning: to offer, to provide, attendant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    supply, provide for; offer in worship

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to supply, to provide for; to offer in worship

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To set up. Such as 供帳, meaning to set up curtains and canopies in preparation. Also written as 共張. | To serve. Such as 供職, meaning to serve in office. | To give testimony when questioned about a matter. Such as 親供 (personal testimony), 口供 (oral testimony).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gu(グ) グ

    ku(ク) ク

    kuu(クウ) クウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    domo(ども) ども

    sona.eru(そな-える) そな-える

    tomo(とも) とも

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    offer provide attendant confess declare servant supply afford aid cater deliver donate equip furnish give grant present service support

Sentences including 供

  • The child is father of the man.

  • The dog frightened the children away.

  • Two and three halves to london , please.

  • Along with his children he fled the country.

  • I could swim well when i was a boy.

  • My children really like animals.

  • She called her children into the room.

  • Why do american parents praise their children?

  • Don't let the children monopolize the television.

  • The boy fell off the bed.

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