漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
弓: bow, bow (archery, violin)
JLPT N13 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 弓道きゅうどうarchery
- 弓状きゅうじょうbow-shaped, arched
- 洋弓ようきゅうWestern-style archery
ゆみyumi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 弓ゆみbow [n.]
- 弓矢ゆみやbow and arrow
- 弓形ゆみなりarched, crescent-shaped
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A bow. Unrelated to 弗.
Source: Wiktionary, 弓 (rev. 93473994), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the curve of a great bow held steady by a master archer! This character represents the beauty of tension and the potential of energy waiting to be released.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gōng
Same form: 弓 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 弓 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 弓 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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