弓
bow; bow (archery, violin)
3 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1802.
Readings
- ゆみ (kun reading): 弓 (ゆみ) bow (weapon); 弓矢 (ゆみや) bow and arrow
- キュウ (on reading): 弓道 (きゅうどう) kyūdō; 弓術 (きゅうじゅつ) (Japanese) archery
- Read as a whole word: 弓弭 (ゆはず) nock (of a bow)
Components
- 弓 radical bow
Kanji containing 弓
- 強 strong
- 引 pull
- 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments
- 弾 bullet
- 弱 weak
- 弘 vast
- 弥 all the more
- 弦 bowstring
- 弔 condolences
- 粥 rice gruel
- 夷 barbarian
- 弧 arc
- 弛 slacken
- 弖 phoneme only
- 弗 dollar
- 弩 bow (arrow)
- 穹 sky
- 弭 stop
- 弯 curve
- 躬 body
- 弸 strong bow
- 弼 help
- 發 departure
- 彁 (ghost kanji)
- 彈 bullet
- 彊 strong
- 彌 extensive
- 疆 boundary
- 彎 curve
Words using 弓
- 弓 (ゆみ) bow (weapon)
- 弓矢 (ゆみや) bow and arrow
- 弓なり (ゆみなり) bow shape
- 弓使い (ゆみづかい) bowing (a string instrument)
- 真弓 (まゆみ) Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
- 弓道 (きゅうどう) kyūdō
- 弓術 (きゅうじゅつ) (Japanese) archery
- 弓兵 (きゅうへい) archer
- 胡弓 (こきゅう) kokyū
- 弓馬 (きゅうば) archery and horsemanship
- 弓弭 (ゆはず) nock (of a bow)
- 弓手 (ゆんで) bow hand
- 弓勢 (ゆんぜい) strength needed to pull back a bow
- 弓籠手 (ゆごて) archer's bracer
- 弓懸け (ゆがけ) archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
- 弓場 (ゆば) archery ground
82 words in all.