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.
台厂重量级法说抬轿!台股势必40K 拱月线最大涨点
tái hǎn chóng liàng jí fǎ shuō tái jiào ! tái gǔ shì bì 4 0 K gǒng yuè xiàn zuì dà zhǎng diǎn
Major Taiwanese firms boost the market with strong earnings reports! The Taiwan Stock Exchange is poised to hit 40,000, driving the monthly line to its highest point
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
Domestic and foreign capital propels dark horses to surge forward; Grand Union and Mega Financial Holdings, among others, attract strong buying interest
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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