弓
Meanings
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- 1.surname Gong
- 1.a bow (weapon)
- 2.CL:张[zhāng]
- 3.to bend
- 4.to arch (one's back etc)
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Wiktionary
- 1.bow (weapon) (Classifier: 張／张)
- 2.bow (of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult) (Classifier: 張／张)
- 3.curved; arched
- 4.to arch; to bend
- 5.rainbow
- 6.synonym of 步 (bù) (a traditional Chinese unit of length and area)
- 7.a surname, Gong
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – a bow. See also the original version of 射. Unrelated to 弗. See also 夷. Possibly related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ (“tree, branch, stem”) (Coblin, 1986), semantically connected with the shape of a bent tree branch. Cognate with Burmese ကိုင်း (kuing:, “to bend over; to be bent”), အကိုင်း (a.kuing:, “stalk; branch”), Tedim Chin [script needed] (kung¹, “tree”), Jingpho kung (“to branch; to grow”), lakung (“branch; limb”), Lepcha ᰀᰩᰵ (kóng, “branch”), ᰀᰫᰵ (kúng, “tree”) (STEDT). Schuessler (2007) proposes that both Old Chinese 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ) and Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ are derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ, whence Nyah Kur [script needed] (kóoŋ, “bent (in the middle)”), Mon ကိုၚ် (“to be bent”), Khmer កោង (kaong, “to bend; to be bent”), Khasi pyrkhung (“to bend; to arch”), Pear kuŋ (“bend”), Vietnamese cong (“to be bent, curved”). Also compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ku(ː)m (“arched; vaulted”) Derivatives are 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ, “(upper) arm”) and 穹 (OC *kʰʷɯŋ, “arched; vault; sky”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
這個女孩做了一把不稱手的弓。
The girl made an awkward bow.
這個女孩做了一把很難使用的弓。
The girl made an awkward bow.
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