gōng

to provide; to supply

to be for (the use or convenience of)

person (亻) + shared (共) = providing for others

共 means 'together' or 'shared', so a person making something available to all captures the essence of supply and provision. The image is one of offering outward, not keeping for oneself.

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A personSemantic
TogetherSemantic

这里有免费的水大家喝。

zhè lǐ yǒu miǎn fèi de shuǐ gōng dà jiā hē。

There is free water here for everyone to drink.

政府建了很多房子低收入家庭居住。

zhèng fǔ jiàn le hěn duō fáng zi gōng dī shōu rù jiā tíng jū zhù。

The government built many houses to provide low-income families with places to live.

Words with 供

供品

gòng pǐn

offering

逼供

bī gòng

to extort a confession

逼供信

bī gòng xìn

to obtain confessions by compulsion

录供

lù gòng

to take down a confession

电源供应器

diàn yuán gōng yìng qì

power supply unit

骗供

piàn gòng

to cheat sb into confessing

上供

shàng gòng

to make offerings (to gods or ancestors)

串供

chuàn gòng

to collude to fabricate a story

供货

gōng huò

to supply goods

供不应求

gōng bù yìng qiú

supply does not meet demand

供佛花

gòng fó huā

flower offering

供大于求

gōng dà yú qiú

supply exceeds demand

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