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Kanji Detail for 彀 - "draw, target, enough"

  • Meaning

    彀 means "draw, target, enough."

    1. Draw - To pull back a bowstring.

    2. Target - An aim; an objective.

    3. Enough - Sufficient; adequate.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    enough; adequate fully; quite

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    enough, adequate fully, quite

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to draw a bow to the full; the range of a bow and arrow; old variant of 夠|够[gou4], enough

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    enough; quite

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A bow fully drawn. (Mencius) "Yi teaching archery always aimed for a full draw." Hence, the standard of things is also 彀. Such as 入彀, using a full draw as a metaphor. | When quantity is sufficient for use, colloquially it's also 彀.
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