# 供 follower

(personleft) + 共 (with) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
8 strokes
BETA COCK ILL PAIR DUH
This is kind of a COCK because the single most common jukugo: 子供 (kodomo), does NOT use the official on-yomi of KYOU. Not only that, the DOMO in 'kodomo' seems to be taking its pronunciation from 共 (tomo, the right side radical of 供). But they went ahead and used 供 anyway. Let's make 2 kanji that look almost the same and mean almost the same thing, and then use the wrong one in the single most common compound word! That is a rad decision!!!

## Onyomi

KYOU |

## Mnemonic

| A follower is a person who is with you all day (KYOU).

## Jukugo

子供(こども) | child ★★★★★ KUNKUN 子 (child) + 供 (follower) = 子供 (child)
子供の頃(こどものころ) | when I was but a wee lassie. ★★★☆☆ 子 (child) + 供 (follower) + 頃 (around that time) = 子供の頃 (when I was but a wee lassie.)
供給(きょうきゅう) | supply ★★☆☆☆ 供 (follower) + 給 (provide) = 供給 (supply) to supply (supply and demand / supply the troops with guns / supply your kid with a school lunches / the feed chute supplies grain to the conveyor belt at the cereal factory)

## Synonyms

kid 子供 童 児童 児 小児科
plurals ~等 あいつ等 彼等 奴等 達 仲間達 人達 子供達
provide or supply 与える 供給