Memory phrase for the Kanji: 貢

貢

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Meaning tribute, supply, finance

Pronunciation

KŌ, KU
mitsugu

Explanation

Top: craftsman 工, below: money 貝 (A cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 as shell-money)

Mnemonic
 
Either with work or money you have to pay your tribute.

Radicals

工 buildCross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
貝 moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
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 Vocabulary

貢献 こうけん  contribution, services

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