弓

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/弓

Glyph origin
– a bow.

Etymology
Possibly related to 🇨🇬, semantically connected with the shape of a bent tree branch. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, (STEDT).

proposes that both 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 are derived from, whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Also compare 🇨🇬

Derivatives are and.

Definitions

 * 1) bow
 * 2) bow
 * 3) curved; arched
 * 4) to arch; to bend
 * 5)  rainbow
 * : Gong
 * : Gong

Etymology 1
From. In modern 🇨🇬, only found as a prefix in compounds.

Prefix

 * 1) a bow, a bow shape

Etymology 2




From. Appears in the  (c. 759 ). A surface analysis suggests a combination of 🇨🇬 yu (see above) + suffixing element mi, itself of uncertain derivation.

Noun

 * 1) a bow:
 * 2)  a bow for shooting arrows
 * 3)  a bow for playing a stringed instrument such as a violin or cello
 * 4) archery
 * 5)  a type of kagura (sacred Shinto song and dance) intended to drive away evil
 * 6) short for : a ceremonial archery bow with the power to dispel evil
 * 7) a bow shape, a curve
 * 8) a bow-shaped tool used to beat ginned cotton into a softer and finer textile

Coordinate terms

 * /: yumi stave; : yumi bowstring; : an arrow (: arrowheads; : arrow-shafts; : arrow-fletchings); ): an quiver; : kyudo plastron/chestguard; : kyudo gloves; : a crossbow

Etymology 3
Alteration from torashi, of verb torasu, from tora as the  of verb  +. Original meaning was “something kept to hand”.

Noun

 * 1)  an archery bow, particularly one belonging to a noble

Etymology 4
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a bow
 * 2)  in ancient Chinese archery, a unit of length for measuring the distance between the archer and the target; one kyū was equal to six, roughly six feet or 182 centimeters
 * 3)  in ancient China, a unit of length for surveying land; one kyū was equal to eight, roughly eight feet or 242 centimeters

Usage notes
In modern, the reading kyū is most often found in compounds.

Derived terms

 * : a traditional Chinese fiddle
 * : archery as a martial art
 * : a great bow, a long bow
 * : a half bow, a short bow

Han character

 * 1) a bow

Compounds
hình cung (形弓): an arc