弓 — bow, archery

ゆみ弓 bow

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 3 strokes

U+5F13 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1802 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1231 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #57

Meanings

bow
archery

word

ゆみ yumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

弓(ゆみ) yumi bow (archery)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (9)

つよい強 strong ひく引 pull よわい弱 weak ちょう張 lengthen たま弾 bullet や弥 all the more げん弦 bowstring とむらい弔 condolences こ弧 arc

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#57 弓 bow