Bow radical 弓 (gōng): 12 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Bow radical 弓 (gōng): 12 characters弓 (gōng) is Kangxi radical no. 57, “bow”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.弓 (gōng) is a bow; it appears in characters about bows and stretching, and also as a sound part.The characters range from 3 to 12 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.Good ones to start with: 张 (zhāng) measure word for flat things, 弟 (dì) younger brother.Characters with this radical3 strokes

弓 (gōng) - a bow (weapon)

4 strokes

引 (yǐn) - to draw (e.g. a bow)

5 strokes

弘 (hóng) - great

6 strokes

弛 (chí) - to unstring a bow

7 strokes

弟 (dì) - younger brother

张 (zhāng) - measure word for flat things

8 strokes

弥 (mí) - full

弦 (xián) - bow string

9 strokes

弯 (wān) - to bend

10 strokes

弱 (ruò) - weak

11 strokes

弹 (tán) - to play (piano, guitar)

12 strokes

强 (qiáng) - strong

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License