弓 gōng

1. gōng proper noun Gong
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '弓' n 3; NCCED '弓' 6, p. 667)
2. gōng noun a bow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 弓箭 'bow and arrow' (Guoyu '弓' n 1; NCCED '弓' 1, p. 667; Unihan '弓'; XHZD '弓' 1, p. 231)
3. gōng noun Kangxi radical 57
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (Guoyu '弓' n 4; ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
4. gōng verb to bend; to arch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '弓' v; NCCED '弓' 5, p. 667; XHZD '弓' 4, p. 231)
5. gōng adjective curved; arched
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '弓')
6. gōng noun a bow shaped thing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Such as the bow of a string instrument (NCCED '弓' 2, p. 667; XHZD '弓' 2, p. 231)
7. gōng noun an instrument for measuring land
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '弓' 3, p. 667; XHZD '弓' 3, p. 231)
8. gōng noun a unit of length
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For measuring land, about six feet in length (Guoyu '弓' n 2; NCCED '弓' 4, p. 667)

Contained in

• 弓身 to bend the body at the waist; to bow
• 盘马弯弓(盤馬彎弓) coiling around a horse to draw back a bow; preparing to act
• 弓腰 to bow; to bend at the waist
• 弓马(弓馬) horse mount archers
• 弓骑兵(弓騎兵) mounted archery
• 鳃弓(鰓弓) visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
• 弓鞬 a cover for a bow
• 弓矢 bow and arrow
• 弓状(弓狀) bowed; curved like a bow
• 柘弓 bow made from the zhe tree
• 颧弓(顴弓) cheek bone; zygomatic arch
• 弓匠 a bow craftsman
• 弹弓(彈弓) catapult; slingshot
• 弓箭手 archer
• 鸟尽弓藏(鳥盡弓藏) the birds are over, the bow is put away; to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
• 开弓没有回头箭(開弓沒有回頭箭) once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back; once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started
• 足弓 arch (of a foot)
• 弯弓(彎弓) to flex a bow ; arch shaped ; to fall out of a friendship
• 开弓(開弓) to pull a bow
• 高弓足 high-arched feet
• 弓部 name of Kangxi radical 57
• 拈弓搭箭 pick up a bow and shoot an arrow
• 张弓(張弓) to draw a bow
• 弓弩手 crossbow shooter
• 弓弦儿(弓弦兒) bowstring
• 复合弓(複合弓) composite bow (archery)
• 霸王硬上弓 to force oneself upon somebody ; to rape
• 箭搭上弓 an arrow fitting to the bow; all in readiness
• 杯弓蛇影 to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake; unnecessary suspicions; overly fearful
• 角弓反张(角弓反張) opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
• 弓弦 bowstring
• 弩弓 crossbow
• 伤弓之鸟(傷弓之鳥) a bird injured by a bow; one frightened by past experiences
• 左右开弓(左右開弓) to shoot from both sides; to display ambidexterity; to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
• 弓仗 bows, arrows, swords, and halberds; weapons
• 弓背 to hunch over; to stoop; to arch one's back (upward)
• 惊弓之鸟(驚弓之鳥) a bird frightened by a bow; one frightened by past experiences
• 集电弓(集電弓) pantograph (transportation)
• 腱弓 tendon arch
• 弓套 a cover for a bow
• 角弓 bow decorated with animal horns
• 玉弓 a jade bow; the new moon
• 开弓不放箭(開弓不放箭) to draw the bow without shooting the arrow; to bluff; to be all talk and no action; false bravado
• 弓足 bound feet
• 弓弩 a crossbow
• 弓箭 bow and arrow
• 弓箭步 bow-and-arrow step (dance step)
• 受电弓(受電弓) pantograph (transportation)

Also contained in

弓裔 、 弓长岭 、 弓长岭区

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《弓部》 Gōng Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 54
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 51
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 50
• 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 43
• 卷一百九十七 志第一百五十 兵十一 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 27
• 卷七十五　列傳第十三:　盧彥倫子:璣(子:亨嗣) 毛子廉 李三錫 孔敬宗 李師夔 沈璋 左企弓 虞仲文 曹勇義 康公弼 左泌弟:淵(子:光慶) Volume 75 Biographies 13: Lu Yanlun and son: Ji (son: Hengsi), Mao Zilian, Li Sanxi, Kong Jingzong, Li Shikui, Shen Zhang, Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Kang Gongbi, Zuo Bi and younger brother: Yuan (son: Guangqing) History of Jin 金史 — count: 25
• 卷一百九十五 志第一百四十八 兵九 Volume 195 Treatises 148: Military 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 16

Collocations

• 叔弓 (叔弓) 叔弓如宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 47
• 执弓 (執弓) 鍇執弓而先 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 40
• 释弓 (釋弓) 釋弓 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 28
• 彤弓 (彤弓) 彤弓 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧彤弓 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Tong Gong — count: 13
• 大弓 (大弓) 盜竊寶玉大弓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 12
• 弓帅 (弓帥) 叔弓帥師疆鄆田 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 10
• 弛弓 (弛弓) 乃弛弓而自後縛之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 仲弓 (仲弓) 仲弓問子桑伯子 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 6. 《雍也》 Yong Ye — count: 7
• 受弓 (受弓) 子贛稽首受弓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 弓反 (弓反) 釋弓反位 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 5