gōng

body

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
身 meaning component

  Meaning component

shēn

  

body

弓 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

bow

Evolution

躬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
躬 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
躬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gōng

body; personally, in person; oneself; personally; to bow

() 

gōng

old variant of [gōng]

Most common words with 躬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鞠躬

to bow

body

躬身

to bow

鞠躬尽瘁

to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost

事必躬亲

to attend to everything personally

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)