Radical 57
{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}
{{redirect|弓}}
{{Infobox Kangxi radical
|57|uni=5F13
|meaning=bow
|pny= gōng
|bopo= ㄍㄨㄥ
|gr= gong
|wade= kung1
|jyutping= gung1
|yale= gūng
|poj= kiong
|cn= 弓字旁 gōngzìpáng
|onyomi= キュウ kyū
|kunyomi= ゆみ yumi
|jp= 弓/ゆみ yumi
弓偏/ゆみへん yumihen
|hang= 활 hwal
|hanja= 궁 gung
}}
Radical 57 or radical bow ({{Lang|zh-Hant|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.
{{Lang|zh-Hans|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.
Evolution
File:弓-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character
File:弓-bronze.svg|Bronze script character
File:弓-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character
File:弓-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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! Strokes !! Characters | |
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| +0 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弓}} |
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| +1 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弔}} {{Linktext|引}} {{Linktext|弖}} |
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| +2 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弗}} {{Linktext|弘}} |
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| +3 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弙}} {{Linktext|弚}} {{Linktext|弛}} {{Linktext|弜}} |
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| +4 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弝}} {{Linktext|弞}} {{Linktext|弟}} {{Linktext|张}}SC (張) |
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| +5 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弡}} {{Linktext|弢}} {{Linktext|弣}} {{Linktext|弤}} {{Linktext|弥}} {{Linktext|弦}} {{Linktext|弨}} {{Linktext|弩}} {{Linktext|弪}} |
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| +6 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弧}} {{Linktext|弫}} {{Linktext|弬}} {{Linktext|弭}} {{Linktext|弮}} {{Linktext|弯|lang=zh-Hans}}SC/{{Linktext|弯|lang=ja}}JP (=彎) |
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| +7 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弰}} {{Linktext|弱}} {{Linktext|弲}} {{Linktext|弳}}SC (=弳) |
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| +8 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弴}} {{Linktext|張}} {{Linktext|弶}} {{Linktext|強}} {{Linktext|弸}} {{Linktext|弹}}SC (=彈) |
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| +9 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|强}} {{Linktext|弻}} {{Linktext|弼}} {{Linktext|弽}} {{Linktext|弾}} |
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| +10 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|弿}} {{Linktext|彀}} {{Linktext|彁}}"ghost character" {{Linktext|彂}} (={{Linktext|發}} -> 癶) |
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| +11 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彃}} {{Linktext|彄}} {{Linktext|彅}}JP |
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| +12 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彆}} {{Linktext|彇}} {{Linktext|彈}} {{Linktext|彉}} |
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| +13 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彊}} (=強) {{Linktext|彋}} |
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| +14 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彌}} |
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| +15 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彍}} |
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| +19 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彎}} |
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| +20 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彏}} |
Sinogram
As an independent Chinese character, it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.{{Cite web |title=The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo |url=https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.kanshudo.com}} It is a second grade kanji.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1 }}
- {{cite book|last= Lunde |first= Ken |title= CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing |edition= Second |date= Jan 5, 2009 |publisher= O'Reilly Media |location= Sebastopol, Calif. |isbn= 978-0-596-51447-1 |chapter= Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets |chapter-url= http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596514471/cjkvip2e-appJ.pdf }}
External links
{{Commons category|Radical 057}}
- [https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=5F13 Unihan Database - U+5F13]
{{Kangxi Radicals}}
{{Simplified Chinese radicals}}