Radical 57


Radical 57 or radical bow meaning "bow" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, 165 characters can be found under this radical.
弓 is also the 53rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Sinogram

As an independent Chinese character, it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a second grade kanji.