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Pictograph of two hands holding up a vessel.
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共 (gòng) is an ideogram depicting two hands holding an object together. The lower portion 廾 (gǒng) shows hands reaching upward, while the upper part represents the item being held. Its original meaning, "to offer respectfully or supply", later developed into the separate character 供 (gōng). The primary sense of 共 shifted toward sharing, commonality, and collective action, indicating multiple people participating in a single activity. The structure effectively conveys joint effort, and the character is widely used to express totality, togetherness, and shared attributes.
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我们共同打扫房间。
公共汽车很拥挤。
他们共度了美好时光。
中国共产党领导中国。
我们共享一辆自行车。
这些水果共计十公斤。
两种文化可以共存。
尽管观点不同，但他们共商国是，寻求共识。