# 弓

| 弓 | U+5F13, &#24339; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F13 |
| ← 弒 [U+5F12] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 弔 → [U+5F14] |
| ⼸ | U+2F38, &#12088; KANGXI RADICAL BOW |
| ← ⼷ [U+2F37] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼹ → [U+2F39] |

## Translingual
### Han character

弓 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓 (N), four-corner 1720$_7$, composition ⿱コ㇉)
* Kangxi radical #57, ⼸.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/弓
* 𰁣, 𭇂, 𡉖, 𫝳, 𢁠, 𢖸, 㧈, 𬇗, 杛, 𰎉, 𭨧, 𧘏, 𥸲, 𥾏, 𮓶, 𧢺, 躬, 䩑, 𩨙, 𩾫
* 𢀶, 矤, 𫾰, 𬶿, 𧱶, 𡗝, 宆, 𡰬, 芎, 𥝙, 穹, 𥫤, 𩁽, 𪎔, 𦦎, 夷, 粥, 䰜, 𠰀, 𤵶, 虇

#### See also

* 發, 雋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9692
* Dae Jaweon: page 671, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 987, character 11
* Unihan data for U+5F13

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弓 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 弓 | *kʷɯŋ |
| 穹 | *kʰʷɯŋ |
| 焪 | *kʰʷɯŋ, *kʰʷɯŋs |
| 芎 | *kʰʷɯŋ |
Pictogram (象形) – a bow. See also the original version of 射.

### Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ (“tree, branch, stem”) (Coblin, 1986), semantically connected with the shape of a bent tree branch. Cognate with Burmese ကိုင်း (kuing:, “to bend over; to be bent”), အကိုင်း (a.kuing:, “stalk; branch”), Tedim Chin [script needed] (kung¹, “tree”), Jingpho kung (“to branch; to grow”), lakung (“branch; limb”), Lepcha ᰀᰩᰵ (kóng, “branch”), ᰀᰫᰵ (kúng, “tree”) (STEDT).
Schuessler (2007) proposes that both Old Chinese 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ) and Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kuːŋ are derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ, whence Nyah Kur [script needed] (kóoŋ, “bent (in the middle)”), Mon ကိုၚ် (“to be bent”), Khmer កោង (kaong, “to bend; to be bent”), Khasi pyrkhung (“to bend; to arch”), Pear kuŋ (“bend”), Vietnamese cong (“to be bent, curved”).
Also compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ku(ː)m (“arched; vaulted”)
Derivatives are 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ, “(upper) arm”) and 穹 (OC *kʰʷɯŋ, “arched; vault; sky”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gōng (gong$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong$^1$ / jiong$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): gǒng
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): gòn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гун (gun, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gung$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gung$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiûng
    (Hailu, HRS): giung$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giung$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gung$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeng$^1$ / gyeng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): keng / kiong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): giang$^1$ / gong$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): goeng$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$kon / $^1$cion / $^1$kuon
** (Jinhua): $^1$kon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gen$^1$ / gong$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gong
*** Wade–Giles: kung$^1$
*** Yale: gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
*** Palladius: гун (gun)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gong$^1$ / jiong$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gung / gyng
*** Sinological IPA : /koŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕyoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: gǒng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuəŋ²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: gòn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /koŋ³¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гун (gun, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kuŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gung$^1$
*** Yale: gūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: guung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵŋ³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuŋ⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: giung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: giung$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiuŋ⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiʊŋ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: goeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kœŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gyeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyøŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng / kiong
*** Tâi-lô: king / kiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kefng, kiofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/, /kiɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
* keng - vernacular;
* kiong - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit弓 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kuŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kuŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kuŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kuŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kəŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kuŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kuŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kuə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kuŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kũn³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kuŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /koŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /koŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕyoŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /koŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕioŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /koŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /koŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kəŋ²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kuəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kuŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kũŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /koŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /koŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /koŋ³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕoŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kuʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kan¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /koŋ³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kən³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kuŋ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kiuŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kioŋ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /koŋ⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kuŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kuŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kiɔŋ⁵⁵/ /kiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kyŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kœyŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /keŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /koŋ²³/ /kiaŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: kjuwng
Rime :
| Character | 弓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居戎切 |
| Baxter | kjuwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭuŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiōng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gung$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷəŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 弓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gōng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷəŋ/ |
| English | bow (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 弓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4079 |
| Phonetic component | 弓 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 弓 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷɯŋ/ |

### Definitions

弓
* bow (weapon) (Classifier: 張／张)
* bow (of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult) (Classifier: 張／张)
* curved; arched
* to arch; to bend
* (Jiexi Hakka) rainbow
* (obsolete) Synonym of 步 (bù) (a traditional Chinese unit of length and area)
* a surname, Gong

#### Synonyms

* (bow of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult) 弓子 (gōngzi)
* (to arch): 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū)
* (rainbow):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 虹, 螮蝀, 雩, 隮 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 彩虹, 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 七彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 虹, 大虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 虹, 紅虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 彩虹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 彩虹, 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 虹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 虹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 虹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 虹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 虹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 虹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 虹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Ankang | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Ankang (Xianhe, Hanbin) | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe (Maoping) | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 彩虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tongxin | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanchi | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Guyuan | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Longde | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jingyuan | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Qimen (Anling; Junhua) | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 虹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yongning (Najiahu) | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Wuzhong | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Zhongwei | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 彩虹, 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi (Xigou) | 彩虹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi (Changshanzi) | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 虹, 天橋, 彩虹, 天龍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Xindu) | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Muli | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 虹, 曬虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 虹, 虹濟水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 龍虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 龍虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 龍虹 dated, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Pingtang) | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangzhou (Nalu) | 虹槓東 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 虹, 螞蟥幹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 虹, 馬雲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shiquan | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Ziyang | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 虹吃水, 龍虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 老虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老虹, 彩虹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 鱟, 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zongyang | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 虹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Jinhua (Shuiduiji) | 虹 |
| Mandarin | Jiangshan (Nianbadu) | 虹 |
| Mandarin | Kaihua (Huabu) | 虹 |
| Mandarin | Yushan (Huaiyu) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 虹, 天虹, 龍拱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 彩虹, 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 天弓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 天弓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 龍虹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鑊耳龍 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 拱篷 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鑊耳龍 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 虹拱 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 播虹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 龍孔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 龍孔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 叫虹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鑊耳, 水拱 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鑊耳, 水虹, 水拱 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 龍生水, 鑊耳虹, 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鑊耳龍, 水拱 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鑊耳龍 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 天弓 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 虹, 龍 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 天弓 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 汗龍 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 旱龍 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 破篷 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 湴更 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 虹, 雙虹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou (Longxu) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 天虹, 虹 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 拱 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan (Danzhu) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 龍 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu | 湴界, 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 虹, 雙虹 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 天虹, 虹, 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiaodong) | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Nasi) | 龐虹 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 天虹, 天橋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 拱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 拱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 拱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 篷拱 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 天弓 |
| Cantonese | Chongzuo (Laituan) | 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Fusui (Qujiu) | 蛤筒食水 |
| Cantonese | Lingchuan (Yangjia) | 龍虹 |
| Cantonese | Pingle (Majia) | 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Pingle (Shuishan) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 天虹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 彩虹, 彩龍 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 龍拱 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 彩虹 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 天弓 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 虹 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 鑊耳虹 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 虹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 虹 |
| Gan | Pengze | 虹 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 虹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 天虹, 天吊, 虹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 虹 |
| Gan | Guixi | 虹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Liuhuang) | 彩虹, 虹仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 彩虹, 青里 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 天弓食水 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 龍 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 天虹 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 弓 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Meilin) | 彩虹 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 虹 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 虹 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 天門神 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 虹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 虹 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 虹 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 虹 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 虹 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 天虹 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 虹 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 天弓, 虹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Daluguan, Gaoshu; S. Sixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Jiadong; S. Sixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 天公虹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 天公降水 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 天公食水 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 天公食水 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 虹 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 彩虹 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Dashigu) | 彩虹, 月龍 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 彩龍 |
| Hakka | Guidong | 天虹 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longtan) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shiling) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longwang) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shibantan) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) | 天弓, 虹 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 天弓, 彩虹 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 弓 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Mempawah (Meixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Medan (Metal - Meixian) | 彩虹 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 天弓 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 彩虹 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 彩虹, 天弓 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 弓 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 弓 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 日頭紅虹, 虹 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Huizhou | Shexian (Xianggao) | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Shexian (Daguyun) | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Qimen (Anling; Minhua) | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 虹 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 彩虹 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 虹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 虹 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 虹 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 虹 |
| Jin | Datong | 虹 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 虹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 虹 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 虹 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 虹 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 虹 |
| Jin | Linhe | 虹 |
| Jin | Jining | 虹 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 虹 |
| Jin | Baotou | 虹 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 虹 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 虹 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 虹 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 虹 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 虹 |
| Jin | Handan | 虹 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 虹 |
| Jin | Suide | 虹, 水罐 |
| Jin | Zizhou | 水罐 |
| Jin | Mizhi | 虹 |
| Jin | Jiaxian | 虹 |
| Jin | Wubu | 水罐子 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 虹 |
| Jin | Fugu | 罐 |
| Jin | Yulin | 虹 |
| Jin | Yulin (Hengshan) | 虹 |
| Jin | Jingbian | 虹 |
| Jin | Yan'an | 虹 |
| Jin | Yan'an (Ansai) | 虹 |
| Jin | Ganquan | 虹 |
| Jin | Zhidan | 虹 |
| Jin | Wuqi | 虹 |
| Jin | Qingjian | 虹 |
| Jin | Zichang | 虹 |
| Jin | Yanchuan | 虹 |
| Jin | Yanchang | 吊水罐罐 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Jiande | 鱟 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Jinhua | 鱟 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 鱟 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Tunxi | 虹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 虹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 虹 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 虹 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 虹, 攔溪仔 dated |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 虹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 虹 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 虹 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 虹 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 虹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 彩虹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 天虹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Pingtian) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 發紅雲 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 龍公 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 龍, 天橋 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 天虹 |
| Southern Min | Renhua (Changshabei) | 天虹 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 龍, 虹 |
| Southern Min | Yuhuan (Kanmen) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 虹, 彩虹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 彩虹 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 虹 |
| Southern Min | Wanning | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 虹 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 虹 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 虹 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 虹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 播虹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 跨篷 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Gejiayuan) | 虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Zhegulu) | 虹, 拱橋 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Silian) | 虹, 天虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xiuxiang) | 虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Sucun) | 虹, 幹筒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 虹, 龍虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Hengzhou (Baihe) | 龐虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Liucheng (Yangmei) | 虹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Luocheng (Niubi) | 長虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dabu) | 雨界 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Yangjia) | 龍 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Qianjing) | 雨虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 江東龍, 龍虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Huangsha, Lingui) | 龍虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui) | 天龍, 彩圈 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Gudong) | 龍虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 彩虹, 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Gongping) | 龍虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guanyang (Guanyinge) | 龍虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Pingle (Zhangjia) | 虹 |
| Northern Pinghua | Yangshuo (Putao) | 雨虹 |
| Shehua | Ningde | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Zhouning | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Xiapu | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Shouning | 虹 |
| Shehua | Gutian | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Yanshan (Taiyuan) | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蛟龍 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蛟龍 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 螞蟥雲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 虹, 彩虹, 鱟 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鱟, 彩虹, 虹 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 彩虹, 虹, 鱟 |
| Wu | Danyang | 虹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鱟, 彩虹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 鱟 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鱟, 虹 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Yinzhou) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 鱟 |
| Wu | Linhai | 鱟 |
| Wu | Yuhuan (Damaiyu) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Yuhuan (Chumen) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鱟 |
| Wu | Songyang (Gushi) | 鱟 |
| Wu | Longquan | 鱟 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鱟, 彩虹 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 熯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 虹 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 虹 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan County (Cha'ensi) | 虹 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 虹 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 彩虹 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 虹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 虹 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 虹 |
| Xiang | Hengshan | 虹, 雲虹 |
| Xiang | Hengshan (Baiguo) | 斗雨 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 彩虹 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 虹 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 虹 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 蟲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 虹, 螃蟹夾草 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 拱橋 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 天弓 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 天弓 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 天虹 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 天狗 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 天拱 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 天虹 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 天虹 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 天虹 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 天虹, 天橋 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 虹 |

#### Compounds

* 一弓
* 主動脈弓 / 主动脉弓 (zhǔdòngmàigōng)
* 仲弓
* 傷弓之鳥 / 伤弓之鸟
* 半弓
* 天弓 (tiāngōng)
* 定弓田
* 定弓虛稅 / 定弓虚税
* 左右開弓 / 左右开弓
* 弓不虛發 / 弓不虚发
* 弓人 (gōngrén)
* 弓兒 / 弓儿
* 弓兒扯滿 / 弓儿扯满
* 弓兵
* 弓冶
* 弓匠
* 弓套
* 弓子 (gōngzi)
* 弓師 / 弓师
* 弓弓
* 弓弦 (gōngxián)
* 弓弩 (gōngnǔ)
* 弓形 (gōngxíng)
* 弓形鑽 / 弓形钻
* 弓影杯蛇
* 弓影浮杯
* 弓手 (gōngshǒu)
* 弓折矢盡 / 弓折矢尽
* 弓折箭盡 / 弓折箭尽
* 弓招
* 弓旌
* 弓根 (gōnggēn)
* 弓極 / 弓极
* 弓步 (gōngbù)
* 弓毛 (gōngmáo)
* 弓漿蟲 / 弓浆虫
* 弓琴
* 弓矛之士
* 弓矢 (gōngshǐ)
* 弓硯緣 / 弓砚缘
* 弓箭 (gōngjiàn)
* 弓箭手 (gōngjiànshǒu)
* 弓箭步 (gōngjiànbù)
* 弓繳 / 弓缴 (gōngzhuó)
* 弓背
* 弓腰
* 弓腰曲背
* 弓蕉 (gung1 ziu1)
* 弓蛇
* 弓裘
* 弓調馬服 / 弓调马服
* 弓足
* 弓身 (gōngshēn)
* 弓鞋 (gōngxié)
* 弓鞬
* 弓韣 / 弓𱂋
* 弓馬 / 弓马 (gōngmǎ)
* 弓鰭魚 / 弓鳍鱼
* 弩弓
* 弸弓
* 張弓拔刃 / 张弓拔刃
* 張弓挾矢 / 张弓挟矢
* 強弓硬弩 / 强弓硬弩 (qiáng gōng yìng nǔ)
* 張弓簇箭 / 张弓簇箭
* 張羅彀弓 / 张罗彀弓
* 彈弓 / 弹弓 (dàngōng)
* 彎弓 / 弯弓
* 彎弓搭箭 / 弯弓搭箭
* 彤弓
* 彫弓 / 雕弓
* 悶弓兒 / 闷弓儿
* 手弓鋸 / 手弓锯
* 打背弓
* 扯弓搭箭 (chě gōng dā jiàn)
* 拈弓搭箭
* 拉硬弓
* 搭弩張弓 / 搭弩张弓
* 撥弓 / 拨弓
* 杯弓蛇影 (bēigōng-shéyǐng)
* 棄弓折箭 / 弃弓折箭
* 楚弓楚得
* 檀弓
* 櫜弓臥鼓 / 櫜弓卧鼓
* 步弓 (bùgōng)
* 滿弓 / 满弓
* 烹犬藏弓
* 玈弓
* 玉弓
* 琴弓 (qíngōng)
* 番弓
* 盤馬彎弓 / 盘马弯弓
* 硬弓
* 硬弩強弓 / 硬弩强弓
* 窄弓弓
* 窩弓 / 窝弓
* 綿弓 / 绵弓
* 繃弓 / 绷弓 (bēnggōng)
* 背弓
* 良弓
* 落背弓
* 角弓 (jiǎogōng)
* 調弓號猿 / 调弓号猿
* 貫弓 / 贯弓
* 開弓 / 开弓 (kāigōng)
* 開弦弓 / 开弦弓 (Kāixiángōng)
* 關弓 / 关弓
* 韜弓 / 韬弓
* 驚弓之鳥 / 惊弓之鸟 (jīnggōngzhīniǎo)
* 鳥盡弓藏 / 鸟尽弓藏 (niǎojìngōngcáng)

#### See also

* 箭 (jiàn)
* 矢 (shǐ)

### References

* “弓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)、くう (kū)
* Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)
* Kun: たらし (tarashi, 弓)、ゆ (yu, 弓)、ゆみ (yumi, 弓, Jōyō)
* Nanori: こ (ko)、ゆ (yu)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 弓
* ゆ Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. In modern Japanese, only found as a prefix in compounds. Possibly contracted from 弓 (yumi, “bow”), as most derived terms exhibit voicing of the second component. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɯ̟]

#### Prefix

弓(ゆ) • (yu-)
* a bow, a bow shape

##### Derived terms

* 弓(ゆ)懸(がけ) (yugake), 弽(ゆがけ) (yugake), 韘(ゆがけ) (yugake)
* 弓(ゆ)束(づか) (yuzuka), 弓(ゆ)柄(づか) (yuzuka), 弣(ゆづか) (yuzuka)
* 弓(ゆ)末(ずえ) (yuzue)
* 弓(ゆ)弦(づる) (yuzuru, “bowstring”)
* 弓(ゆ)弭(はず) (yuhazu), 弓(ゆ)筈(はず) (yuhazu), 弓(ゆ)彇(はず) (yuhazu, “nock on a bow where the bowstring sits”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 弓
* ゆみ Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *yumi. Appears in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE), with a phonetic spelling of 由美 ⟨yumi₁⟩, */yumʲi/.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ゆみ [yùmíꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [jɯ̟mʲi]

#### Noun

弓(ゆみ) • (yumi)
* a bow:
** (weaponry) a bow for shooting arrows
** (music) a bow for playing a stringed instrument such as a violin or cello
* archery
* (Shinto) a type of kagura (sacred Shinto song and dance) intended to drive away evil
* short for 破(は)魔(ま)弓(ゆみ) (hama yumi): a ceremonial archery bow with the power to dispel evil
* a bow shape, a curve
* a bow-shaped tool used to beat ginned cotton into a softer and finer textile

##### Coordinate terms

* (archery): 仗(つえ) (tsue)/杖(つえ) (tsue): yumi stave; 弦(つる) (tsuru): yumi bowstring; 矢(や) (ya): an arrow (鏃(やじり) (yajiri): arrowheads; 簳(やがら) (yagara): arrow-shafts; 羽(はね) (hane): arrow-fletchings); 靫(うつぼ) (utsubo)): a quiver; 胸当(むねあ)て (muneate): kyudo plastron/chestguard; 弽(ゆがけ) (yugake): kyudo gloves; 弩(いしゆみ) (ishiyumi): a crossbow

##### Derived terms

* 和弓(わゆみ) (wayumi, “Japanese bow/yumi”)
* 弓矢(ゆみや) (yumiya, “bow and arrow”)
* 大弓(おおゆみ) (ōyumi, “stonebow”) (in ancient times)
* 梓弓(あずさゆみ) (azusayumi, “a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa”)
* 破魔弓(はまゆみ) (hamayumi, “a traditional Shintō ceremonial bow for dispelling evil”)
* 重籐弓(しげどうゆみ) (shigedōyumi), 滋籐(しげどう)弓(ゆみ) (shigedō yumi), 繁籐(しげどう)弓(ゆみ) (shigedō yumi, “a rattan wood bow”)

#### See also

* ロングボウ (rongubō, “longbow”)

#### Further reading

* 弓_(武器) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ja}$ (archery)
* Yumi (Japanese archery bow) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* 弓_(楽器) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ja}$ (music)
* Bow_(music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 弓
* たらし Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
Alteration from torashi, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb torasu, from tora as the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 取る (toru, “to take”) + す (su, honorific suffix in Old Japanese). Original meaning was “something kept to hand”.

#### Alternative forms

* 執

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ta̠ɾa̠ɕi]

#### Noun

弓(たらし) • (tarashi)
* (rare, honorific) an archery bow, particularly one belonging to a noble

##### Synonyms

* 御(み)執(たらし), 御(み)弓(たらし) (mitarashi)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 弓
* きゅう Grade: 2
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 弓 (MC kjuwng). Compare modern Mandarin 弓 (gōng).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きゅう [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kʲɨː]

#### Noun

弓(きゅう) • (kyū)
* (rare) a bow
* (obsolete) in ancient Chinese archery, a unit of length for measuring the distance between the archer and the target; one kyū was equal to six 尺 (shaku), roughly six feet or 182 centimeters
* (obsolete) in ancient China, a unit of length for surveying land; one kyū was equal to eight 尺 (shaku), roughly eight feet or 242 centimeters

##### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, the reading kyū is most often found in compounds.

##### Derived terms

* 胡(こ)弓(きゅう) (kokyū): a traditional Chinese fiddle
* 弓(きゅう)道(どう) (kyūdō): archery as a martial art
* 大(だい)弓(きゅう) (daikyū): a great bow, a long bow
* 半(はん)弓(きゅう) (hankyū): a half bow, a short bow

### References

* 1 2 3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “弓”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 804:
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kuŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [궁]

### Hanja

Wikisource 弓 (eumhun 활 궁 (hwal gung))
* hanja form of 궁 (“bow (for shooting arrows”)

#### Compounds

* 궁도 (弓道, gungdo, “archery”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

弓: Hán Nôm readings: cung, cong, củng
* a bow

### Compounds

hình cung (形弓): an arc