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together

HSK 4 N2
gòng
キョウ
とも、とも.に、-ども
Pictograph of two hands holding up a vessel.
Components
Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a vessel being held up.
Iconic component
gǒng two hands
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[gòng]
common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gòng​chǎn​dǎng], Communist party
Japanese
ども 同音

suffix

  1. humbleusually kana first-person plural (or singular)
  2. derogatoryusually kana second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
とも 同音

noun

  1. together with
  2. same

suffix

  1. usually kana both; all; neither; none
  2. usually kana including ...
ごと ぐち (old) 同音
suffix usually kana including ...; with ...; inclusive of; ... and all
むた みた 同音
noun archaic together with ... (after noun+が, pronoun+の, etc.)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
とも
Tomo unclassified name
ともに
Tomoni given name