弓
a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,559 U+5F13
How 弓 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A bow aimed to the left
How to remember it
bow · Heisig RSH #1013
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 弓 as their sound component
These characters all use 弓 (gōng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弓 sound component | gōng | bow; curved, arched |
| 芎 | xiōng | Szechuan lovage rhizome |
Words containing 弓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开弓没有回头箭 | kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn | lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom); fig. once you started… |
| 角弓反张 | jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng | opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis |
| 伤弓之鸟 | shāng gōng zhī niǎo | see 驚弓之鳥|惊弓之鸟[jing1 gong1 zhi1 niao3] |
| 集电弓 | jí diàn gōng | pantograph (transportation) |
| 惊弓之鸟 | jīng gōng zhī niǎo | (lit.) a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom); (fig.) sb who frightens easily,… |
| 开弓不放箭 | kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn | lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom); fig. to bluff; to be all talk and… |
| 高弓足 | gāo gōng zú | high-arched feet |
| 复合弓 | fù hé gōng | composite bow (archery) |
| 受电弓 | shòu diàn gōng | pantograph (transportation) |
| 反曲弓 | fǎn qū gōng | (archery) recurve bow |
| 弓长岭区 | Gōng cháng lǐng Qū | Gongchangling, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 弓形虫 | gōng xíng chóng | Toxoplasma gondii |
| 鸟尽弓藏 | niǎo jìn gōng cáng | lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has se… |
| 霸王硬上弓 | bà wáng yìng shàng gōng | to force oneself upon sb (idiom); to rape |
| 长弓 | cháng gōng | longbow |
| 开弓 | kāi gōng | to draw a bow; to pull back a bowstring |
| 角弓 | jiǎo gōng | bow decorated with animal horns |
| 弓身 | gōng shēn | to bend the body at the waist; to bow |
| 弓形 | gōng xíng | circular segment |
| 左右开弓 | zuǒ yòu kāi gōng | lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom); fig. to display ambidexterity; to slap with one han… |