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拱
gǒng
1. to cup one's hands in salute
2. to surround
3. to arch
4. to dig earth with the snout
5. arched
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

拱
gǒng
to salute, to bow; arched; arch
9 丶

Compound Words (20)

假拱
jiǎgǒng
blind arch
半拱
bàngǒng
semiarch
圆拱
yuángǒng
a round vault
打拱
dǎgǒng
to bow with clasped hands
拱璧
gǒngbì
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center
拱肩
gǒngjiān
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
拱卫
gǒngwèi
to surround and protect
拱道
gǒngdào
archway
拱门
gǒngmén
arched door
拱顶
gǒngdǐng
an arched roof
斗拱
dǒugǒng
interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture
枓拱
dǒugǒng
variant of [[斗拱<dǒugǒng>]]
拱墅
Gǒngshù
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city [[杭州市<Hángzhōushì>]], Zhejiang
拱墩
gǒngdūn
pillar of a vault
拱坝
gǒngbà
an arch dam
拱度
gǒngdù
arched
拱廊
gǒngláng
triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
拱形
gǒngxíng
arch
拱手
gǒngshǒu
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
拱抱
gǒngbào
to enfold

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,572
Word Frequency Rank
5,054 of 84,292

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