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Kanji Detail for 共 - "together, common, both"

共

  • Meaning

    共 means "together, common, both."

    1. Together - With others; jointly.

    2. Common - Shared; mutual.

    3. Both - All together.

  • Words using 共

    • 共同 きょうどう Listen cooperation; collaboration; association
    • 共産党 きょうさんとう Listen Communist Party
    • グアテマラ共和国 グアテマラきょうわこく Listen Republic of Guatemala
    • 公共 こうきょう Listen public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
    • 共通 きょうつう Listen common; shared; mutual
    • 共同体 きょうどうたい Listen cooperative body; cooperative system; collective
    • 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく Listen Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
    • 共和 きょうわ Listen republicanism; cooperation; working together

  • Four-character idioms with 共

    • 共存共栄 きょうそんきょうえい Listen co-existence and co-prosperity
    • 片利共生 へんりきょうせい Listen commensalism

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    • Verified meaning: together, common, both
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とも, ともに)

    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.

  • Name readings of 共

    Given names 共(ともに)Listen

    Surnames 共(とも)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    together with, all, total; to share

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    all, total; together; to share

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

    Same; together. Public. Before the Eastern Zhou, when King Li lost his government, Duke Zhou and Duke Shao jointly administered, called 共和 (republic). See (Records of the Grand Historian). Meaning the dukes and ministers together harmoniously managed government affairs. Today's political system called 共和 (republic) originates from this, meaning the people jointly establish the nation. | Together; combined. A general term. Such as in accounts, 共計 (total), 共用 (shared use). | Respectful. Interchangeable with 恭. | To provide. Setting up everything is called 共張. Commonly written as 供帳, like the later generations' "arranging for officials."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    domo(ども) ども

    tomo(とも) とも

    tomoni(とも-に) とも-に

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    八 (hachi・hachigashira・ha)

  • Related Keywords

    together common both multiple provide respectful jointly mutual shared collaboration partnership coexistence unite cooperation

Sentences including 共

  • Would you mind coming with me?

  • I use the room in common with my sister.

  • I have nothing in common with him.

  • Everybody's business is nobody's business.

  • You and i have something in common.

  • I share the room with my sister.

  • I shared a room with him.

  • They have a lot something in common.

  • I have much in common with him.

  • I will associate with him in business.

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