共

gòng

common

general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party

Two hands (廾) + unity (一) + sharing out (八) = held in common

Two hands (廾) lifting something together under a single shared line — the image captures joint effort and collective action. The 八 element suggests things spreading outward from a common center, reinforcing the idea of distribution among all.

廾+一+八→共
一OneSemantic
八EightSemantic
廾Two hands working togetherSemantic

我们一共花了三百块钱。

wǒ men yī gòng huā le sān bǎi kuài qián。

we spent a total of three hundred yuan altogether.

这两个国家共同面对一个问题。

zhè liǎng gè guó jiā gòng tóng miàn duì yī gè wèn tí。

these two countries face a common problem together.

Words with 共

越共

yuè gòng

Communist Party of Vietnam

共产党

gòng chǎn dǎng

Communist Party

共和国

gòng hé guó

republic

有目共睹

yǒu mù gòng dǔ

anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all

共青团

gòng qīng tuán

the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团[Gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 Qing1 nian2 tuan2]

中国共产党中央委员会

zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. to 中共中央[Zhong1 Gong4 Zhong1 yang1]

公共交通

gōng gòng jiāo tōng

public transport

共匪

gòng fěi

communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))

同甘共苦

tóng gān gòng kǔ

shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows

中华苏维埃共和国

zhōng huá sū wéi āi gòng hé guó

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)

多米尼加共和国

duō mǐ ní jiā gòng hé guó

Dominican Republic

公共设施

gōng gòng shè shī

public facilities; infrastructure

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