贡gòng
to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts. 7 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin gòngStrokes 7Radical 贝Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 贡
Strokes 1–3 write 工, then strokes 4–7 write 贝.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 贡 · the stroke-order rules
What 贡 is made of
工 (gōng, labor) and 贝 (bèi, sea shell).
贝 carries the meaning — money — and 工 carries the sound.
Words that use 贡
| 贡献 | contribution 指对社会做出的有益付出 为社会和谐稳定做出突出贡献。They made an outstanding contribution to social harmony and stability. Lesson 584, 固本拓疆 · 艺苑流芳与经世济民 · Civic Governance & Cultural Renaissance |
Characters that share the sound part 工
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 贝
All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.