gǒng
fold hands on breast
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
gǒng
fold hands on breast; bow, salute; to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched
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