供
供·offer, provide, accompany
- On-yomi
- キョウク
- Kun-yomi
- そなえるとも
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Stroke order
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Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 子供 | こども | child |
| 提供 | ていきょう | offering, providing, sponsorship |
| 供える | そなえる | to offer (to a grave or altar) |
| お供 | おとも | attendant, going along with someone |
Example sentences
公園に子供がたくさんいます。
こうえんにこどもがたくさんいます。
There are a lot of children in the park.
この番組はその会社が提供しています。
このばんぐみはそのかいしゃがていきょうしています。
This programme is sponsored by that company.
お墓に花を供えました。
おはかにはなをそなえました。
I laid flowers at the grave.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Mixing 供える (to offer at an altar) with 備える (to prepare for, to equip) — same kun reading, different kanji
- Reading 子供 as こきょう; it is the fixed reading こども
Memory aid
Picture it
A person (亻) holding something up with both hands (共) — offering it forward.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 供給きょうきゅうsupply
- 提供するていきょうするto provide, offer
- 子供っぽいこどもっぽいchildish
- 子供こどもchild
- 供述するきょうじゅつするto give a statement (to police)
- 供するきょうするto offer, to serve, to put to use
- 自供じきょうconfession (to police)
- 供述きょうじゅつtestimony, statement
- 提供ていきょうprovision, offer
- 供きょうoffering; providing; to offer; to submit; to serve (a meal); to make available for (a use)
- お供おともattendant; companion; accompanying someone (of higher status)
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