Kanji details for 弓

弓
 
Uses 3 strokes
Taught in grade 2

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bow, bow (archery, violin)
KUN:
  • ゆみ
    yumi
ON:
  • キュウ
    kyuu
Nanori:
  • こ
    ko
  • ゆ
    yu
Written with 3 strokes
Taught in grade 2
Radicals:
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noun
1.
bow (weapon)(ゆ is usu. a prefix)
2.
archery(only relevant for ゆみ)
3.
bow (for a violin, etc.)(only relevant for ゆみ)
Other readings:
弓【ゆ】
、
弓【きゅう】

noun
•
(Japanese) archery

noun
1.
bow and arrow
2.
weapon, arms(only relevant for ゆみや)
Other readings:
弓矢【きゅうし】
、
弓箭【ゆみや】

noun
1.
(Western) archery
2.
Western-style bow

noun
•
up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)(music term)

noun
•
catalpa bow, spirit bow, bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood(Shinto term)

noun
1.
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
2.
netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
3.
slingshot, catapult
Other readings:
弩【いしゆみ】

noun
•
bowing (of a stringed instrument)
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