Radical 57 Explained

Uni:5F13
Meaning:bow
Pny:gōng
Bopo:ㄍㄨㄥ
Gr:gong
Wade:kung1
Jyutping:gung1
Yale:gūng
Poj:kiong
Cn:弓字旁 gōngzìpáng
Onyomi:キュウ kyū
Kunyomi:ゆみ yumi
Jp:弓/ゆみ yumi
弓偏/ゆみへん yumihen
Hang:활 hwal
Hanja:궁 gung

Radical 57 or radical bow meaning "bow" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, 165 characters (out of 49,030) can be found under this radical.

is also the 53rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4 SC (張)
+5
+6 SC/JP (=彎)
+7 SC (=弳)
+8 SC (=彈)
+9
+10 "ghost character" (= -> )
+11 JP
+12
+13 (=強)
+14
+15
+19
+20

Sinogram

As an independent Chinese character, it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji . March 24, 2022 . 2023-05-06 . www.kanshudo.com.