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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 | + | 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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