gòng

common; general; to share

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

这本书共八课。

This book has eight lessons in total.

我们班共三十人。

Our class has thirty people in total.