弓

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See also 弖, and 弔

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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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Pictogram (象形)

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Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

弓 (radical 57 弓+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓 (N), four-corner 17207)

  1. bow
  2. curved, arched
  3. KangXi radical number 57

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[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 356, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9692
  • Dae Jaweon: page 671, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 987, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5F13

[edit] Cantonese

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弓 (jyutping gung1, Yale gung1)

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[edit] Noun

弓 (hiragana ゆみ, romaji yumi)

  1. bow (to shoot with, or of a stringed instrument)
  2. archery (to shoot with)

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  • 矢 (や, ya)

[edit] Kanji

弓 (grade 2 kanji)

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弓
the shape of the Hun bow

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弓
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 궁 (revised: gung, McCune-Reischauer: kung, Yale: kwung)
  • Name (hangeul): 활()
  1. (활:궁, hwal:gung): bow (for shooting arrows)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

弓 (pinyin gōng (gong1), Wade-Giles kung1)

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[edit] Han character

弓 (*giung)

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

弓 (cung, cong, củng)

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