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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gōng
Cantonese: gung1
JapaneseKun: ISAO
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KONG
Vietnamese: công

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: achievement, merit, good result

CE-Dict: meritorious deed or service/achievement/result/service/accomplishment/work (physics)

Soothill: Merit, meritorious; achievement, hence 功力 achieving strength, earnest effort after the good).

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Merits, meritorious deeds; success, credit, honor. (2) Skill, ability, effectiveness, efficacy. (3) Effect.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.merit
2.achievements

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: work - 物

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: exploit; merit; result; skill; work
【化】 work

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: exploit; merit; result; skill; work

湘雅醫學專業詞典: duty

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《力部》功 以勞定國也。从力从工,工亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【力字部】 功
【唐韻】古紅切【集韻】【韻會】沽紅切,𠀤音公。【說文】以勞定國曰功。从力,工聲。【廣韻】功績也。【書·禹謨】九功惟敘。又自以爲功曰功之。【史記·信陵君傳】公子乃自驕而功之,竊爲公子不取也。又功,毛詩作公。【詩·小雅】以奏膚公。【註】功也。又【韻會】大功,小功,喪服名。謂治布有精麤之分。或作紅。史記漢書,大功小功,作大紅小紅。又【廣韻】漢複姓。【何氏姓苑】漢營陵令成功恢。禹治水告成功後爲氏。又【韻補】叶姑黃切,音光。【東方朔·七諫】信直退而毀敗兮,虛僞進而得當。追悔過之無及兮,豈盡忠而有功。又叶居銀切,音巾。【司馬相如·子虛賦】騖于鹽浦,割鮮染輪。射中獲多,矜而自功。

Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism (佛光大辭典)  (一)指修行。禪林有‘功之初後’一語,意指修行之過程。
 (二)指修行之內容,或修行之體驗。
 (三)指修行之效果,相當于‘功夫’一詞。于禪宗,稱純一精進修行之坐禪功夫為功夫坐禪、功夫參究、功夫辦道,或辦道功夫。
 (四)曹洞宗之祖洞山良價所立‘功勳五位’之第三位。意指修行之功果、功勳。(參閱‘洞山五位’3869)
 (五)功德之略稱。利益或功能福德之意。(參閱‘功德’1566)

Buddhism words and phrases efficacy

CF-Dict: mérite, services/effort, travail

Han-De-Dict: Leistung (u.E.) (S)/Verdienst (u.E.) (S)/Erfüllung (u.E.)