懂中文 Dong Chinese

鞏

gǒng

bind, secure

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 巩 represents the sound.

Components
巩 sound,meaning component

巩  Sound Meaning component

gǒng

  

secure, bind

革 meaning component

革  Meaning component

gé

  

leather

Evolution

鞏 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
鞏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞏 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鞏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巩 (鞏) 

gǒng

bind; firm, secure, strong; secure; solid

Most common words with 鞏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

巩固

to consolidate

巩膜

sclera (white of the eye)

巩俐

Gong Li (1965-), PRC female film star

巩

secure

巩义市

Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng​zhōu], Henan