弓

弓 — bow, bow (archery, violin)

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 3
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #1802 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きゅう kyuu
Kun'yomi: ゆみ yumi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 弓

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

弓ゆみ bow (weapon) JLPT N1