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供 means 'servant'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 342   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-8    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 22    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 61 words   Used in 156 words   Used in 89 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョウ   ク
Kun
   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant
Additional readings
On    クウ   グ
Kun    -ども
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  共 together  
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See also
供 servant  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 供 is used 8 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 供 is used 153 times, read 5 ways (with 2 variations).
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キョウ : 78 words FIND ALL
き ょ う き ゅ う 0
supply; provision
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ク : 19 words FIND ALL
く も つ 0 く も つ 5
noun
offering
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ク (read as ぐ) : 9 words FIND ALL
ぐ し ん 0
noun
giving offerings
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クウ : 1 word FIND ALL
ひ と み ご く う 4 ひ と み ご く う 5
noun
human sacrifice; victim  (yojijukugo)
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とも : 8 words FIND ALL
と も 1
Most common form: とも
companion; follower; attendant; retinue  (see also: お供)
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とも (read as ども) : 33 words FIND ALL
こ ど も 0
noun
child; children
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そなえる : 5 words FIND ALL
そ な え る 3
Most common form: そなえる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
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An additional 3 less common words include 供 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 850 (originally: 839)  Joy o' Kanji : 839  Key to Kanji: 206 

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供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
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