工 gōng work; skill
Made with 3 strokes.
Represents a workman's square or carpenter's ruler
Ancient small seal form 
Sounds same
宫 gōng (palace) 公 gōng (public) 功 gōng (accomplishment) 弓 gōng (bow) 供 gōng (to provide)Different tone
廾 gǒng (two hands) 共 gòng (common)Radical
Index 48 used in: 功 gōng (accomplishment) ; 红 hóng (red) ; 江 jiāng (river) ; 经 jīng (Classic) ; 空 kòng (to empty) ; 左 zuǒ (left)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
神工鬼斧 shén gōng guǐ fǔ So skilled that workmanship presumed to be the work of a god not a human. Fantastic, superb artistry.异曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng Different methods giving the same result. Different but equally satisfactory.