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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hú | hu2
English translation
arc, crescent; wooden bow

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

gōng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

bow

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

弓瓜

Semantic compound

gōng

Phonetic compound

guā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gōng represents the meaning and guā represents the sound.

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de 名字 míngzi tián zài měi shǎng duān de 括弧 kuò hú nèi .

Put your name in brackets at the top of each page.

彩虹 cǎihóng zài 昏暗 hūn àn de 天空 tiānkōng huá chū le dào 圆弧 yuán hú .

The rainbow described an arc in the dark sky.

hěn 精确 jīngquè de 射电 shè diàn 干涉仪 gān shè yí 观测 guān cè 表明 biǎomíng ,这个 zhè ge yuán 的角 jìng yāo wéi 1.5 miǎo .

Comparatively rudimentary interferometer observations suggested that this source is about 5 across.

xián AC zhēng duì ABC. .

The chord AC subtends the arc ABC.

qiú zài 空中 kōng zhōng 划出一道 yī dào 奇异 qí yì de 弧线 hú xiàn

The ball curved strangely in the air.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
arc
弧线 hú xiàn arc弧線
弧度 hú dù radian弧度 hú dù
弧形 hú xíng curve弧形 hú xíng
圆弧 yuán hú arc of a circle圓弧
电弧 diàn hú electric arc電弧
反射弧 fǎn shè hú reflex arc反射弧 fǎn shè hú
弧光 hú guāng arc light弧光 hú guāng
岛弧 dǎo hú forearc島弧
括弧 kuò hú parenthesis括弧 kuò hú
弧光灯 hú guāng dēng arc lamp弧光燈
余弧 yú hú complementary arc餘弧

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