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Meaning

all together; in while; to share; common; general; together

Chinese: 共同、总共或分享。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “gong” becomes a different word in each tone. 共 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 一共yī gòngin total; altogether
  • 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus
  • 共同gòng tóngcommon; joint; jointly; together
  • 公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
  • 共有gòng yǒuin total there are ...; to own jointly

Example Sentence

这本书一共有三百页。Zhè běn shū yí gòng yǒu sān bǎi yè.This book has three hundred pages in total.

Zhèthisběn(bound form) rootshūbook一共yí gòngin totalyǒuto havesānthreebǎihundredpage

Go deeper

Where this character comes from

Two hands raised together holding something up: ‘common, shared; together, jointly; in all, altogether; (short for) Communist’ (共同, 一共, 总共).

A way to remember it

Two hands lifting together — common; in all (一共).