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Gonggong
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| Gònggōng | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 共工 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 龔工 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 龚工 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 康回 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Cung Công, Cộng Công, Khang Hồi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 共工, 龔工, 康回 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 공공 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 共工 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 共工 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | きょうこう | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gonggong (/ˈɡɒŋɡɒŋ/) is a Chinese water god who is depicted in Chinese mythology and folktales as having a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent, or sometimes the head and torso are human, with the tail of a serpent.[1][2] He is destructive and is blamed for various cosmic catastrophes. In all accounts, Gonggong ends up being killed or sent into exile, usually after losing a struggle with another major deity such as the fire god Zhurong.
In astronomy, the dwarf planet 225088 Gonggong is named after Gonggong.
- ^ ChineseWords.org
- ^ Yang & al. (2005), p. 124.
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