音読み: キョウ・ク
訓読み: そなえる・とも
画数: 8
部首: 亻（にんべん）
Meaning
Offer / Present / Supply / Accompany
- Basic forms
- 供える — offer; present; dedicate / base form
- 供えます — offers; presents / masu form
- 供えた — offered; presented / ta form
- 供えて — offering … / te form
- 供えない — do not offer / negative
- 供えれば — if (one) offers / conditional
- Common expressions
- 仏壇に花を供える — offer flowers at a Buddhist altar
- 神に供える — offer to the gods
- 料理を供える — present food
- More
- 供えたい — want to offer / 〜たい form
- 供えよう — let’s offer / 〜よう form
- 供えている — is offering; has been offered / state
供える（そなえる） is an ichidan transitive verb. It means to present or dedicate something respectfully, often in religious or ceremonial contexts.
- 供物 — offering (to gods or spirits)
- 提供 — provision; sponsorship
- 供給 — supply; provision
- 供養 — memorial service
- 子供 — child (uses 供 as a component)
Composed of the person radical 亻 and 共 (“together”), 供 conveys offering or serving with/for others. It spans material offerings and accompanying someone.
神社に 供物を 供えました。
We offered items at the shrine.
その会社は 無料で サービスを 提供しています。
The company provides services for free.
提供 — provision; sponsorship