| 弓 | ||
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| 弓 (U+5F13) "bow" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | gōng | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄍㄨㄥ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | gong | |
| Wade–Giles: | kung1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gūng | |
| Jyutping: | gung1 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | kiong | |
| Japanese Kana: | キュウ kyū (on'yomi) ゆみ yumi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 궁 gung | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 弓字旁 gōngzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 弓/ゆみ yumi 弓偏/ゆみへん yumihen | |
| Hangul: | 활 hwal | |
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Radical 57 or radical bow (弓部) 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.
弓 is also the 53rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.