Kanji
N1 3 strokes Grade 2 freq #1802

bow, bow (archery, violin)

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bow yumi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(Western) archery
kyūdō; kyudo
longbow
anapsid
fornix (of the brain); fornix cerebri
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
bow (and arrow)
pharyngeal arch
toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)
branchial arch; gill arch

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

bow (weapon)
bow and arrow
prize archery
ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow

Example sentences

The Indians fought with bows and arrows.

This is a bow for a strong person.

Tom was in the kyudo club when he was in high school.

I hear Akira practices archery every Friday.