Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
bow, bow (archery, violin)
Kun:
ゆみ
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1802 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弓 【キュウ】 bow (and arrow), unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet), unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
  • 弓矢 【ユミヤ】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 洋弓 【ヨウキュウ】 (Western) archery, Western-style bow
  • 鰓弓 【サイキュウ】 branchial arch, gill arch

Kun reading compounds

  • 弓 【ゆみ】 bow (weapon), archery, bow (for a violin, etc.)
  • 弓矢 【ゆみや】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 大弓 【だいきゅう】 bow, longbow
  • 上げ弓 【あげゆみ】 up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

Readings

Japanese names:
こ、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gung

Spanish

  • arco

Portuguese

  • arquear
  • arco (arma
  • violino)

French

  • arc
  • archet
107 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
836 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1539 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1560 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1419 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1268 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
95 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
212 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
592 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
604 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4193 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1239 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9692 Morohashi
3383 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1678 New Nelson (John Haig)
1231 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1317 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
83 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3552 2001 Kanji
3h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
1720.7 Four corner code
1772.7 Four corner code
1-21-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f13 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋸歯 【キョシ】 teeth of a saw, serration
  • 鋸屑 【ノコクズ】 sawdust
  • 胴付鋸 【ドウツキノコ】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 縦挽き鋸 【タテビキノコ】 ripsaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋸 【のこぎり】 saw, musical saw
  • 鋸鱝 【のこぎりえい】 sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
  • 胴付鋸 【どうつきのこ】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 縦挽き鋸 【たてびきのこ】 ripsaw
  • 鋸 【のこぎり】 saw, musical saw
  • 鋸鱝 【のこぎりえい】 sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
  • 胴付鋸 【どうつきのこぎり】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 回し引き鋸 【まわしびきのこぎり】 bracket saw, sabre saw, saber saw

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4, ju1
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • sierra (para madera o metal)

Portuguese

French

4878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40505 Morohashi
6297 New Nelson (John Haig)
2759 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8716.4 Four corner code
1-21-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92f8 Unicode hex code