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Kanji Detail for 弧 - "arc, bow, curve"
弧
- Meaning
弧 means "arc, bow, curve."
Bow - A wooden bow.
Arc - A curved line like a bow.
Math arc - A portion of a circle or curve.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
arc; arch; bow
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
wooden bow; arc, crescent
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
arc
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
arc, crescent; wooden bow
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A wooden bow. Such as 桑弧, 桃弧. In ancient ritual, when a boy was born, a bow was placed at the left of the gate, showing ambition for the four directions. See (Book of Rites, Inner Rules). Now, birthday wishes saying 懸弧 are based on this. | Any section of a circle is called 弧. Spherical trigonometry is called 弧三角.
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- Strokes
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