The kanji 弓: meaning, readings and stroke order

弓

Meaning: bow
On reading: キュウ kyuu
Kun reading: ゆみ yumi
Strokes: 3
Radical: 弓 bow
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cây cung (cung)
Japanese: ゆみ。
Korean: 활 (궁)
Chinese: 弓

Readings, words and example sentences

キュウ kyuu · on reading

弓きゅう道どう
Japanese archery
兄は 弓きゅう道どうをならっています。
My big brother is learning Japanese archery.

ゆみ yumi · kun reading

弓ゆみ
bow (for arrows)
力を入れて 弓ゆみを引きます。
I pull the bow with all my strength.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.