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供

Offer
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョウ、ク
Kun readingそな.える、とも
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6Level 24

Verbs with «供»

提供する供給する供する供える

Meanings

  1. offer
    神に祭壇のお供え物を食べていただく儀式。A ritual whereby food and drink on the altar are offered to the god.wiki
  2. submitRtK
  3. present
  4. serve (meal)
  5. accompany
  1. companion
  2. follower
  3. attendant
  4. retinue

Synonyms

お供

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (とも)
共 · together with友 · friend

Popular Usage

子供供給お供

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

person (人) · strung together · salad · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1935

Compound words

子供こども
child; children
供給きょうきゅう
supply; provision
提供するていきょうする
to offer; to provide
供給するきょうきゅうする
to supply
供出きょうしゅつ
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
供述きょうじゅつ
affidavit; deposition; testimony
供物くもつ
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
供与きょうよ
giving; provision; furnishing
供養くよう
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
自供じきょう
confession
提供ていきょう
offer; tender; providing; supplying; making available
供えるそなえる
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
子供用こどもよう
for use by children; for children
提供者ていきょうしゃ
donor; contributor; provider
子供たちこどもたち
children; kids
子供の頃こどものころ
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
供えそなえ
offering
供宴きょうえん
feast
供祭ぐさい
offerings
供託きょうたく
deposit
供奉ぐぶ
accompanying
御供おとも
attendant
供え餠そなえもち
offering of mochi rice cakes
供回りともまわり
retinue

Kun Reading Examples

私達は子供を一人で寝ることに慣れさせた。こども
We accustomed our children to sleeping alone.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不動産を子供達に譲った。
He made over the estate to his children.tatoeba
彼は彼らにその情報を提供するのを拒否した。
He refused to give them the information.tatoeba
彼は騒がしい子供を不愉快そうな顔でちらっと見た。
He glanced at the noisy child with a sour expression.tatoeba
供給過多との指摘
It is pointed out that whale meat is oversupplied.wiki
昭和以前の需要供給、流通
Demand, supply, and distribution of whale meat before the Showa periodwiki
酒と水の蓋を閉じお供え物を下げる。
The caps of the sake and water bottles are closed, and the offerings that were made to the god are removed.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Offer; companion. 亻 (person) + 共 (with both hands) — offering with both hands. 子供 — child.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 供

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