弓 Radical 57 — a bow (for shooting arrows)
gōng (first tone, high and level)
a bow (for shooting arrows)
Radical 573 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A bow seen from the side, the stave doubled back on itself; the oldest forms still show the string stretched between the tips. It marks archery and everything drawn taut: 张 is a bow being pulled open, and the same radical carries 引, 强 and 弯.
characters filed under 弓
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