HSK Guide

部首 57a bow (for shooting arrows)

gōng (first tone, high and level)

a bow (for shooting arrows)

部首 573 画0 汉字

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.

汉字 filed under

No published character on HSK Guide is filed under this radical yet. 汉字库.