The Chinese Radical: 弓


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Meaning
bow    弓

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
prefix for making an order/ranking (first, second, etc)

Top: bamboo , bottom: bow and feathered arrow λ (Variation of younger brother )
With a bamboo (stick) I show my younger brother the correct order. (= his rank)
JLPT HSK 2
younger brother, I (modest word in letter)

From top: to come out , bow , and an arrow λ
A feathered arrow comes from the bow of my younger brother.
JLPT HSK 3
stretch, expand, classifier for flat objects(=sheets)
zhāng
Left: bow , right: long 长/ (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
The bow is long and stretched and can lie flat.
JLPT HSK 4
to pull, to draw (e.g. a bow), to stretch sth
yǐn
Bow with a string
The string of the bow is pulled.
JLPT HSK 4
bullet, shot, pluck (a string instrument), pellet, elastic
dàn, tán
Left: bow , right: sole, single (It shines the sun in a group of ten [with nine planets including Pluto] as the single one.)
The bow "singles" [=making it single] the bullet at the shot.
JLPT HSK 5
Buddha, Buddhism
fó, fú
Left: person , right: deny, negation (A bow with two strings || is to be denied.)
A person of denial (of needs) is the (godlike) buddha.
JLPT HSK 5
bend, to stoop, crooked
wān
Top: also, namely (To see this variation as red , you can also do.) [red : When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red ], below: bow
(Your head) becomes reddish, when you are like a bow, during: stooping.
JLPT HSK 5
to rise (prices, rivers), to swell, distend
zhǎng, zhàng
Left: water , right: stretch 张 (The bow is long 长/ and stretched.)
Wenn the water 'stretches' it rises.
JLPT HSK 5
weak, feeble, young, inferior
ruò
Twice a bow with ice
Bows with ice on them are too weak.
JLPT HSK 5
strong, stubborn, vigorous
qiáng
Left: bow , right : although 虽 (In the mouth an insect ? Okay, although, ..)
If it can draw a bow with the mouth, this insect must be strong and stubborn.
JLPT HSK 6
to fill, overflowing, brimming, completely

Left: bow , right: thus/therefore (A lying person appears small , that therefore thus.) [lying person as variant of: ]
Take your bow, lie down to become small and (due to hunting success your stomach) will fill.
JLPT HSK 6
border, boundary
jiāng
Left: bow and earth , right: (Three 三 border lines between fields )
With a bow I guard the earth at the border lines: of the border.
JLPT HSK 6
bay, gulf, to cast anchor
wān
Left: water , right: to bend 弯 ([The head] becomes reddish /, when you are like a bow when stooping.
Water is reddish in that 'bow', which is: a bay.
JLPT HSK 6
chord, string (of bow / musical instrument), hypotenuse
xián
Left: bow , right: mysterious (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket holds threads with hanging stones that are mysterious)
(As it withstood high forces, the bowstring was high-tech) The bow has a mysterious string.
JLPT HSK 6
oneself, personally, to bow
gōng
Left: body (side view of a body), right: bow
A body that bows, shows: himself, his personality.
JLPT HSK 6
congee, gruel, porridge
zhōu
Outside: each bows , inside: rice
Use "bowed" (= mashed) rice, to make congee (= rice porridge)
JLPT no HSK
a bow (weapon)
gōng

Pictograph: bow without string.
JLPT no HSK
not, negation, denial


A bow with two strings || is to be denied.
JLPT no HSK
arc

Left: bow , right: melon (Image of a melon hanging from a frame.)
The bow and melon have the form of an arc.
JLPT no HSK
to drown, to indulge, addicted to, to spoil (a child)
nì, niào
Left: water , right: weak 弱 (Two bows with ice are too weak.)
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.
JLPT no HSK
loosen, unstring a bow, slacken, relax
chí
Left: bow , right: also/too (shows a bent twisting like: snake, scorpion)
The bow (= its string) becomes a 'bent creature', when it is loosened.
JLPT no HSK
cross-bow

Top: slave (Women's hands work like slaves), bottom: bow
It serves like a slave. This bow is the cross-bow.
JLPT no HSK
domed roof, dome, vaulted
qióng
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: bow
With a cavity that is arched (like a bow): a domed/vaulted roof.
JLPT no HSK
enrich, enlarge, liberal, great
hóng
Left: bow , right: nose
A bent nose has sb., with plans for enriching and enlarging.
JLPT no HSK
barbarians, non-Han people, to wipe out

Combination of big and bow
(Think of the Mongols:) They have big bows: The barbarians.
JLPT no HSK
assist

Left and rights: bows , middle: hundred (Tilt your head to the right and read '100'.)
Bows in the hundreds are assisting us.

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