Gonggong

Revision History

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12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C gonggong added (from user-submitted name 318147)
2/10/2020, 1:44 PM Mike C 318147
10/28/2019, 10:27 AM ReinaBlaka

Gender Masculine
Usage Chinese Mythology
Scripts 共工(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /kʊŋ.kʊŋ/(Chinese)

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown, though usually spelled using the Chinese characters 共 (gòng) meaning "together" and 工 (gōng) meaning "work". This is the name of a Chinese water god, depicted as a serpent with a human head. He damaged the heavenly pillar Mount Buzhou, making the sky tilt to the northwest and the earth tilt to the southeast. A dwarf planet in the outer solar system was named for him in 2019.