gōng
bow
Pictograph of a bow for shooting arrows.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 弓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to bend | ||
bow and arrow | ||
catapult | ||
circular segment | ||
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) |
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