Onyomi: キョウ, ク, クウ, グ · Kunyomi: -ども, そな.える, とも · Meanings: accompany, offer, present, serve (meal), submit
Kanji for accompany, offer, present, serve meal, submit
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供 is made from 人 (person) on the left and 共 (together) on the right. The character originally showed people working together or being offered together. From this idea, 供 came to mean to offer, provide, or serve, often in the sense of giving something to others or making something available.
供 shows people together, representing offering or providing.
Think of people working or giving together to provide something. That act of offering is 供.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 供 | とも | companion, follower, attendant, retinue | common Noun, Suru verb |
| 供給 | きょうきゅう | supply, provision | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 共に | ともに | together, jointly | common JLPT-N3 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 供物 | くもつ | offering (e.g. to the gods), votive offering | Noun |
| 供与 | きょうよ | giving, provision, furnishing | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 供述 | きょうじゅつ | affidavit, deposition, testimony | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 供する | きょうする | to offer, to present, to submit, to supply, to make available | JLPT-N1 Suru verb - special class, Transitive verb |
| 供える | そなえる | to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 供花 | きょうか | offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.), floral tribute | Noun |
| 供養 | くよう | memorial service for the dead, holding a service | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |