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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
供養 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
供養 ＝ 供 ＋ 養
ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄤˇ · gòngyǎng
verb — to support and provide for (one's elders); to make offerings to (a deity, an ancestor)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

供to lay offerings, to make offering (供奉)gòngthe gòng reading — laying offerings before, not the gōng of plain supply
養to nourish, to keep (養育)yǎng
供養，供奉的供，養育的養。
關 · Related
奉養fèngyǎngto support one's parents — the same 養供奉gòngfèngto enshrine and make offerings — the same gòng 供