Keyword
bow (weapon)
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1317
Readings
ゆみ
(47%)
(33%)
ゆん
(4%)
Mnemonic

A stylized pictograph of a bow.

Used in kanji (31 in total)
strong
pull
lengthen
bullet
Used in vocabulary (92 in total)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
bow shape; arc; arch
kyudo; Japanese archery
bowing (a string instrument)
(Japanese) archery
bow (and arrow); unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
one's left hand; (lit.) bow hand
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
bow with a heavy draw weight; someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward
bow shape; arc; arch; segment (of a circle)
catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
archery and horsemanship
bows and arrows; war
(arch.) archer (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
yumi; Japanese-style bow; Japanese-style archery
(Western) archery; Western-style bow
strength needed to pull back a bow
bow-shaped; arched
bow maker; bowyer
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
things used in archery
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
moon; Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
(ceremonial) bow used to drive off evil; toy bow and arrow
archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
archer's bracer; archer's armguard
nock (of a bow)
to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
prize archery; imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)
(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience
archer (character, in anime, video games, etc.); bowman
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
the world is at peace; (lit.) bows in bags and swords in sheaths
fornix (of the brain); fornix cerebri
archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
bowing (of a stringed instrument)
bowing (of a stringed instrument)
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
branchial arch; gill arch
nock (of a bow)
(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience
tool for willowing cotton
bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
spindle tree; euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
kanji "bow" radical at left
bowyery; bow making; bowcraft
synapsids; theropsids; mammal-like reptiles
up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
archery range (sometimes a front for a brothel)
archery ground; archery gallery
archery ground; archery gallery
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)
ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)
Diapsida (class of amniotes)
Synapsida (class of amniotes)
Therapsida (order of advanced synapsids)
short-bow archery contest
bowed stringed instrument
Examples (8 in total)
I saw a bow in my dream.
By the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrows.
The cat arched its back.