Radical 57

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{{Infobox Kangxi radical |57|uni=5F13 |meaning=bow |pny= gōng |bopo= ㄍㄨㄥ |gr= gong |wade= kung1 |jyutping= gung1 |yale= gūng |poj= kiong |cn= 弓字旁 gōngzìpáng |onyomi= キュウ kyū |kunyomi= ゆみ yumi |jp= 弓/ゆみ yumi
弓偏/ゆみへん yumihen |hang= 활 hwal |hanja= 궁 gung

Radical 57 or radical bow (弓部) meaning "bow" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 165 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 53rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution[]

Derived characters[]

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4 SC (張)
+5
+6 SC/JP (=彎)
+7 SC (=弳)
+8 SC (=彈)
+9
+10 弿 "ghost character" (= -> )
+11 JP
+12
+13 (=強)
+14
+15
+19
+20

Literature[]

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

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