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Han character
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弓 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓 (N), four-corner 17207, composition ⿱コ㇉)
- Kangxi radical #57, ⼸.
Derived characters
[edit]- Appendix:Chinese radical/弓
- 𰁣, 𭇂, 𡉖, 𫝳, 𢁠, 𢖸, 㧈, 𬇗, 杛, 𰎉, 𭨧, 𧘏, 𥸲, 𥾏, 𮓶, 𧢺, 躬, 䩑, 𩨙, 𩾫
- 𢀶, 矤, 𫾰, 𬶿, 𧱶, 𡗝, 宆, 𡰬, 芎, 𥝙, 穹, 𥫤, 𩁽, 𪎔, 𦦎, 夷, 粥, 䰜, 𠰀, 𤵶, 虇
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9692
- Dae Jaweon: page 671, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 987, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5F13
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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Pictogram (象形) – a bow. See also the original version of 射.
Etymology
[edit]Possibly related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ (“tree, branch, stem”) (Coblin, 1986), semantically connected with the shape of a bent tree branch. Cognate with Burmese ကိုင်း (kuing:, “to bend over; to be bent”), အကိုင်း (a.kuing:, “stalk; branch”), Tedim Chin [script needed] (kung¹, “tree”), Jingpho kung (“to branch; to grow”), lakung (“branch; limb”), Lepcha ᰀᰩᰵ (kóng, “branch”), ᰀᰫᰵ (kúng, “tree”) (STEDT).
Schuessler (2007) proposes that both Old Chinese 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ) and Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ are derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ, whence Nyah Kur [script needed] (kóoŋ, “bent (in the middle)”), Mon ကိုၚ် (“to be bent”), Khmer កោង (kaong, “to bend; to be bent”), Khasi pyrkhung (“to bend; to arch”), Pear kuŋ (“bend”), Vietnamese cong (“to be bent, curved”).
Also compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ku(ː)m (“arched; vaulted”)
Derivatives are 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ, “(upper) arm”) and 穹 (OC *kʰʷɯŋ, “arched; vault; sky”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong1 / jiong1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гун (gun, I)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gung1
- Gan (Wiktionary): gung1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): gung1
- Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1kon
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gen1 / gong1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gong
- Wade–Giles: kung1
- Yale: gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
- Palladius: гун (gun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: gong1 / jiong1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gung / gyng
- Sinological IPA (key): /koŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕyoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гун (gun, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuŋ²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gung1
- Yale: gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuŋ⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
- Hakka Romanization System: giungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: giung1
- Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: gung1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- keng - vernacular;
- kiong - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: kjuwng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷəŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯŋ/
Definitions
[edit]弓
- bow (weapon) (Classifier: 張／张)
- bow (of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult) (Classifier: 張／张)
- curved; arched
- to arch; to bend
- (Jiexi Hakka) rainbow
- (obsolete) Synonym of 步 (bù) (a traditional Chinese unit of length and area)
- a surname: Gong
Synonyms
[edit]- (bow of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult) 弓子 (gōngzi)
- (to arch): 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū)
- (rainbow):
Compounds
[edit]- 一弓
- 主動脈弓／主动脉弓 (zhǔdòngmàigōng)
- 仲弓
- 傷弓之鳥／伤弓之鸟
- 半弓
- 天弓 (tiāngōng)
- 定弓田
- 定弓虛稅／定弓虚税
- 左右開弓／左右开弓
- 弓不虛發／弓不虚发
- 弓人 (gōngrén)
- 弓兒／弓儿
- 弓兒扯滿／弓儿扯满
- 弓兵
- 弓冶
- 弓匠
- 弓套
- 弓子 (gōngzi)
- 弓師／弓师
- 弓弓
- 弓弦 (gōngxián)
- 弓弩 (gōngnǔ)
- 弓形 (gōngxíng)
- 弓形鑽／弓形钻
- 弓影杯蛇
- 弓影浮杯
- 弓手 (gōngshǒu)
- 弓折矢盡／弓折矢尽
- 弓折箭盡／弓折箭尽
- 弓招
- 弓旌
- 弓根 (gōnggēn)
- 弓極／弓极
- 弓步 (gōngbù)
- 弓毛 (gōngmáo)
- 弓漿蟲／弓浆虫
- 弓琴
- 弓矛之士
- 弓矢 (gōngshǐ)
- 弓硯緣／弓砚缘
- 弓箭 (gōngjiàn)
- 弓箭手 (gōngjiànshǒu)
- 弓箭步 (gōngjiànbù)
- 弓繳／弓缴 (gōngzhuó)
- 弓背
- 弓腰
- 弓腰曲背
- 弓蕉 (gung1 ziu1)
- 弓蛇
- 弓裘
- 弓調馬服／弓调马服
- 弓足
- 弓身 (gōngshēn)
- 弓鞋 (gōngxié)
- 弓鞬
- 弓韣／弓𱂋
- 弓馬／弓马 (gōngmǎ)
- 弓鰭魚／弓鳍鱼
- 弩弓
- 弸弓
- 張弓拔刃／张弓拔刃
- 張弓挾矢／张弓挟矢
- 強弓硬弩／强弓硬弩 (qiáng gōng yìng nǔ)
- 張弓簇箭／张弓簇箭
- 張羅彀弓／张罗彀弓
- 彈弓／弹弓 (dàngōng)
- 彎弓／弯弓
- 彎弓搭箭／弯弓搭箭
- 彤弓
- 彫弓／雕弓
- 悶弓兒／闷弓儿
- 手弓鋸／手弓锯
- 打背弓
- 扯弓搭箭 (chě gōng dā jiàn)
- 拈弓搭箭
- 拉硬弓
- 搭弩張弓／搭弩张弓
- 撥弓／拨弓
- 杯弓蛇影 (bēigōng-shéyǐng)
- 棄弓折箭／弃弓折箭
- 楚弓楚得
- 檀弓
- 櫜弓臥鼓／櫜弓卧鼓
- 步弓 (bùgōng)
- 滿弓／满弓
- 烹犬藏弓
- 玈弓
- 玉弓
- 琴弓 (qíngōng)
- 番弓
- 盤馬彎弓／盘马弯弓
- 硬弓
- 硬弩強弓／硬弩强弓
- 窄弓弓
- 窩弓／窝弓
- 綿弓／绵弓
- 繃弓／绷弓 (bēnggōng)
- 背弓
- 良弓
- 落背弓
- 角弓 (jiǎogōng)
- 調弓號猿／调弓号猿
- 貫弓／贯弓
- 開弓／开弓 (kāigōng)
- 開弦弓／开弦弓 (Kāixiángōng)
- 關弓／关弓
- 韜弓／韬弓
- 驚弓之鳥／惊弓之鸟 (jīnggōngzhīniǎo)
- 鳥盡弓藏／鸟尽弓藏 (niǎojìngōngcáng)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “弓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
[edit]Kanji
[edit]弓
Readings
[edit]- Go-on: く (ku)、くう (kū)
- Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)←きゆう (kyuu, historical)
- Kun: たらし (tarashi, 弓)、ゆ (yu, 弓)、ゆみ (yumi, 弓, Jōyō)
- Nanori: こ (ko)、ゆ (yu)
Etymology 1
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| 弓 |
| ゆ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese. In modern Japanese, only found as a prefix in compounds.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
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| 弓 |
| ゆみ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese.[3] Appears in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE), with a phonetic spelling of 由美 ⟨yumi₁⟩, */yumʲi/.[4] A surface analysis suggests a combination of Old Japanese 弓 (yu, “bow”) + suffixing element mi, phonologically distinct from Old Japanese 身 (mi₂ /*mɨ/, “body”) but otherwise of uncertain derivation.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a bow:
- archery
- (Shinto) a type of kagura (sacred Shinto song and dance) intended to drive away evil
- short for 破魔弓 (hama yumi): a ceremonial archery bow with the power to dispel evil
- a bow shape, a curve
- a bow-shaped tool used to beat ginned cotton into a softer and finer textile
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (archery): 仗 (tsue)/杖 (tsue): yumi stave; 弦 (tsuru): yumi bowstring; 矢 (ya): an arrow (鏃 (yajiri): arrowheads; 簳 (yagara): arrow-shafts; 羽 (hane): arrow-fletchings); 靫 (utsubo)): a quiver; 胸当て (muneate): kyudo plastron/chestguard; 弽 (yugake): kyudo gloves; 弩 (ishiyumi): a crossbow
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- 和弓 (wayumi, “Japanese bow/yumi”)
- 弓矢 (yumiya, “bow and arrow”)
- 大弓 (ōyumi, “stonebow”) (in ancient times)
- 梓弓 (azusayumi, “a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa”)
- 破魔弓 (hamayumi, “a traditional Shintō ceremonial bow for dispelling evil”)
- 重籐弓 (shigedōyumi), 滋籐弓 (shigedō yumi), 繁籐弓 (shigedō yumi, “a rattan wood bow”)
See also
[edit]- ロングボウ (rongubō, “longbow”)
Further reading
[edit]
弓_(武器) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja (archery)- Yumi (Japanese archery bow) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 弓_(楽器) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja (music)
- Bow_(music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
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| 弓 |
| たらし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Alteration from torashi, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb torasu, from tora as the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 取る (toru, “to take”) + す (su, honorific suffix in Old Japanese). Original meaning was “something kept to hand”.[1][2]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 4
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| 弓 |
| きゅう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 弓 (MC kjuwng).[1][2] Compare modern Mandarin 弓 (gōng).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (rare) a bow
- (obsolete) in ancient Chinese archery, a unit of length for measuring the distance between the archer and the target; one kyū was equal to six 尺 (shaku), roughly six feet or 182 centimeters
- (obsolete) in ancient China, a unit of length for surveying land; one kyū was equal to eight 尺 (shaku), roughly eight feet or 242 centimeters
Usage notes
[edit]In modern Japanese, the reading kyū is most often found in compounds.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “弓”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
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the shape of the Hun bow
Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kuŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [궁]
Hanja
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Compounds
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]Han character
[edit]弓: Hán Nôm readings: cung, cong, củng
- a bow
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