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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
body (of a human, esp. the torso) / to bow / (literary) oneself; personally
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old variant of 躬[gong1]
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How to pronounce 躬

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

躬 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
gōng = gu + (e)ng1
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
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shēn = sh + (e)n1
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
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Characters with 躬 as component

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
to bow / to salute
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Words with 躬

to bow / (literary) to bend down
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
to attend to everything personally

Sentences with 躬

躬 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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gōng

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