JLPT N3 · 8 strokes
Kanji 供: "submit, offer, present"
The kanji 供 means "submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read キョウ, ク, クウ, グ in on'yomi and そな.える, とも, -ども in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キョウククウグ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そな.えるとも-ども
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 313 of 2,501 |
Common words with 供
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 子供child; children
- 提供offer; tender; providing; supplying · sponsoring (a TV program)
- 子供たちenfants
- 子供の頃enfance, le temps où l'on était enfant
- 供companion; follower; attendant; retinue
- 供給supply; provision
- お供attendant; companion
- 子供っぽいchildish; childlike; immature; infantile
- 子供扱いtreating someone like a child
- 女子供women and children
- 供えるto offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
- 供述affidavit; deposition; testimony
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