This is kind of a COCK because the single most common jukugo: 子供 (kodomo), does NOT use the official on-yomi of KYOU. Not only that, the DOMO in 'kodomo' seems to be taking its pronunciation from 共 (tomo, the right side radical of 供). But they went ahead and used 供 anyway. Let's make 2 kanji that look almost the same and mean almost the same thing, and then use the wrong one in the single most common compound word! That is a rad decision!!!
Onyomi
Mnemonic
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A follower is a person who is with you all day (KYOU).
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Jukugo
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子供
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child
★★★★★
KUNKUN
子 (child) + 供 (follower)
= 子供 (child)
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子供の頃
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when I was but a wee lassie.
★★★☆☆
子 (child) + 供 (follower) + 頃 (around that time)
= 子供の頃 (when I was but a wee lassie.)
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供給
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supply
★★☆☆☆
供 (follower) + 給 (provide)
= 供給 (supply)
to supply (supply and demand / supply the troops with guns / supply your kid with a school lunches / the feed chute supplies grain to the conveyor belt at the cereal factory)
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KANJIDAMAGE
