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<WL>功 [gōng] 功绩 contribution/achievement, 功业 exploits/successes; 成功 succeed/success; 功力 skill; 功/工夫 work/effort (功夫 ‘martial arts’)@@; (HDZ:) …  [gòng] cf. 貢
 
<WL>功 [gōng] 功绩 contribution/achievement, 功业 exploits/successes; 成功 succeed/success; 功力 skill; 功/工夫 work/effort (功夫 ‘martial arts’)@@; (HDZ:) …  [gòng] cf. 貢
 
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The character 功(􂛻) gōng ‘contribution/achievement’ combines 工(􀴍) gōng ‘work’ (phonosemantic), and 力 (lì) ‘strength’.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 功(􂛻) gōng ‘contribution/achievement’ combines 力 (lì) ‘strength’, and 工(􀴍) gōng ‘work’ (phonosemantic).
 
Compare: 贡/貢(􁄝) gòng ‘offer tribute, contribute’; 攻(􀣊) gōng ‘attack’; 弓(􂏄) gōng ‘(archery) bow’.
 
Compare: 贡/貢(􁄝) gòng ‘offer tribute, contribute’; 攻(􀣊) gōng ‘attack’; 弓(􂏄) gōng ‘(archery) bow’.
 
Note: SW glosses 贡/貢 gòng (v.) with 獻功 ‘make a contribution, offer tribute’, using 功 gōng (n.); it seems that the old n./v. (贝/力) distinction was reversed at some point, formerly 贡/貢 (n.), vs. 功 (v.); cf. 功/貢 (v.) gòng (HDZ).
 
Note: SW glosses 贡/貢 gòng (v.) with 獻功 ‘make a contribution, offer tribute’, using 功 gōng (n.); it seems that the old n./v. (贝/力) distinction was reversed at some point, formerly 贡/貢 (n.), vs. 功 (v.); cf. 功/貢 (v.) gòng (HDZ).

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