供

gòng
#550 most
frequent character
to lay (sacrificial offerings)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

供 has 亻 person as meaning part and 共 as both meaning and sound part, first meaning 'to supply'. 共 shows hands offering a vessel. Read gōng, it means 'to provide'; read gòng, it grew to 'confess', 'enshrine', and 'offer sacrifices'.

Drawn as: hands offering vessel

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Same Characters, Different Readings

供gōng
to supply

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