拱 (gǒng): to cup one's hands in salute, to surround, to arch
拱 (gǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “to cup one's hands in salute.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 共 (phonetic). It ranks #2468 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拱 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to cup one's hands in salute
- to surround
- to arch
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拱手 | gǒng shǒu | to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting |
| 拱门 | gǒng mén | arched door |
| 拱形 | gǒng xíng | arch |
| 拱桥 | gǒng qiáo | arch bridge |
| 拱道 | gǒng dào | archway |
| 拱柱 | gǒng zhù | pillar of a vault |
| 拱手让人 | gǒng shǒu ràng rén | (idiom) to surrender sth without resistance |
| 拱手相让 | gǒng shǒu xiāng ràng | (idiom) to surrender sth without resistance |
| 众星拱月 | zhòng xīng gǒng yuè | see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4] |
| 远拱点 | yuǎn gǒng diǎn | (astronomy) apoapsis |
| 近拱点 | jìn gǒng diǎn | (astronomy) periapsis |
| 拱手旁观 | gǒng shǒu páng guān | to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom) |
| 打拱作揖 | dǎ gǒng zuò yī | to bow respectfully with clasped hands |
| 拱点 | gǒng diǎn | (astronomy) apsis |
| 打拱 | dǎ gǒng | to bow with clasped hands |
拱 appears in 36 compound words: 64 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拱 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 拱.
Example Sentences
他拱起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā gǒng qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
土洋力拱黑马强势进击 大联大、兆丰金等获买盘青睐
tǔ yáng lì gǒng hēi mǎ qiáng shì jìn jī dà lián dà , zhào fēng jīn děng huò mǎi pán qīng lài
被拱选台北市长!贾永婕直球回应了
bèi gǒng xuǎn tái běi shì cháng ! gǔ yǒng 婕 zhí qiú huí yīng le
Nominated for Taipei Mayor! Jia Yongjie Gives a Straightforward Response
Character Family
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