Radical 57

弓
56 ⼷ ◄	57	► ⼹ 58
Pinyin :	gong
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ㄥ
Hiragana :	ゆ み yumi
Kanji :	弓 偏 yumihen (= radical arc)
Hangul :	활
Sinocorean :	궁
Codepoint :	U + 5F13
Stroke sequence :

Radical 57 , meaning " arch ", is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of three strokes.

With 31 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it has a medium frequency.

Character combinations ruled by radical 57

Bow (weapon)

Strokes	character
+ 00	弓
+ 01	弔 引 弖
+ 02	弗 弘
+ 03	弙 弚 弛 弜
+ 04	弝 弞 弟 张
+ 05	弡 弢 弣 弤 弥 弦 弨 弩 弪
+ 06	弧 弫 弬 弭 弮 弯
+ 07	弰 弱 弲 弳
+ 08	弴 張 弶 強 弸 弹
+ 09	强 弻 弼 弽 弾
+10	弿 彀 彁 彂
+11	彃 彄 彅
+12	彆 彇 彈 彉
+13	彊 彋
+14	彌
+15	彍
+19	彎
+20	彏

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 57 is coded under the code point number 12.088 (U + 2F38).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 136 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 79 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 57  - Graphic representations of Radikal 57

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 57 on page 43