Moto 弓: Bow; Bow (archery, Violin)Kanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キュウ
- Kun'yomi
- ゆみ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 87 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キュウ)
- 弓道きゅうどうkyudo; Japanese archery
- 洋弓ようきゅう(Western) archery
- 傷弓の鳥しょうきゅうのとり(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience
- 傷弓之鳥しょうきゅうのとり(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience
- 内臓弓ないぞうきゅうvisceral arch
- 半弓はんきゅうsmall bow
- 単弓綱たんきゅうこうSynapsida (class of amniotes)
- 単弓類たんきゅうるいsynapsids; theropsids
- 双弓亜綱そうきゅうあこうDiapsida (class of amniotes)
- 双弓類そうきゅうるいdiapsids
- 和弓わきゅうyumi; Japanese-style bow
- 咽頭弓いんとうきゅうpharyngeal arch
- 大弓だいきゅうbow; longbow
- 弓兵きゅうへいarcher; bowman
- 弓具きゅうぐthings used in archery
- 弓奏楽器きゅうそうがっきbowed stringed instrument
- 弓状きゅうじょうbow-shaped; arched
- 弓術きゅうじゅつ(Japanese) archery
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 弓ゆみbow (weapon)
- 弓矢ゆみやbow and arrow
- 上げ弓あげゆみup-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
- 下げ弓さげゆみdown-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
- 小真弓こまゆみspindle tree; euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
- 弓なりゆみなりbow shape; arc
- 弓なりになるゆみなりになるto arch; to be curved
- 弓のこゆみのこhacksaw
- 弓を引くゆみをひくto draw a bow
- 弓作成ゆみさくせいbowyery; bow making
- 弓使いゆみづかいbowing (a string instrument)
- 弓偏ゆみへんkanji "bow" radical at left
- 弓取りゆみとりarcher (esp. a samurai)
- 弓取り式ゆみとりしきbow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
- 弓取式ゆみとりしきbow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
- 弓師ゆみしbow maker; bowyer
- 弓引くゆみひくto bend a bow; to shoot an arrow
- 弓弦ゆみづるbowstring
- 弓張りゆみはりstringing a bow; person who strings bows
- 弓張り月ゆみはりづきcrescent moon
- 弓形ゆみなりbow shape; arc
- 弓形になるゆみなりになるto arch; to be curved
- 弓矢八幡ゆみやはちまんgod of war
- 弓矢神道ゆみやしんとうYumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
- 弓筈ゆみはずnock (of a bow)
- 弓箭ゆみやbow and arrow
- 弓鋸ゆみのこhacksaw
Other readings
- 小弓引こゆみひきshort-bow archery contest
- 弓は袋に太刀は鞘ゆみはふくろにたちはさやthe world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths
- 弓勢ゆんぜいstrength needed to pull back a bow
- 弓場ゆばarchery ground; archery gallery
- 弓場始めゆばはじめceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
- 弓庭ゆばarchery ground; archery gallery
- 弓弭ゆみはずnock (of a bow)
- 弓張ゆみはりstringing a bow; person who strings bows
- 弓張り提灯ゆみはりぢょうちんpaper lantern with bow-shaped handle
- 弓張提灯ゆみはりぢょうちんpaper lantern with bow-shaped handle
- 弓懸ゆがけarcher's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
- 弓懸けゆがけarcher's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
- 弓手ゆんでone's left hand; bow hand
- 弓掛けゆがけarcher's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
- 弓籠手ゆごてarcher's bracer; archer's armguard
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