拱

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gǒng, jù
Cantonese: gung2
JapaneseKun: KOMANUKU
JapaneseOn: KYOU
Korean: KONG
Vietnamese: cõng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fold hands on breast; bow, salute

CE-Dict: to cup one's hands in salute/to surround/to arch/to dig earth with the snout/arched

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an arch
2.to cup one hand in the other in greeting

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: arch - 建

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: arch; hump up; surround
【機】 arcade arch; arch

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: arch; hump up; surround; cove

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》拱斂手也。从手共聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拱
【唐韻】【正韻】居竦切【集韻】【韻會】古勇切，𠀤音鞏。【說文】斂手也。【徐曰】兩手大指相拄也。【書·武成】垂拱而天下治。【註】垂衣拱手也。【禮·玉藻】凡侍於君垂拱。【疏】沓手也。身俯則宜手沓而下垂也。　又【爾雅·釋詁】執也。【註】兩手合持爲拱。【左傳·僖三十二年】爾墓之木拱矣。　又拱翊，環衞也。　又與珙通。大璧也。【左傳·襄二十八年】與我其拱璧。　又州名。漢𨻰留郡，宋置拱州。　又姓。明景泰進士拱廷臣。　又【集韻】居容切，音恭。左傳，拱璧。徐邈讀。　又居用切，供去聲。亦斂手也。　又渠竹切，音𩣽。【廣雅】法也。◎按屋韻渠竹切，與沃韻渠玉切相近，讀者宜細分。　或省作共。

CF-Dict: saluer les mains jointes/tenir à deux mains

Han-De-Dict: wölben (u.E.)/Gong (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)