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弩

nǔ

Character

What 弩 means

1. crossbow

Words starting with 弩

• 弩兵nǔ bīngarcher; infantry armed with crossbow
• 弩弓nǔ gōngcrossbow
• 弩炮nǔ pàocatapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)

Words containing 弩

• 剑拔弩张jiàn bá nǔ zhānglit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility…
• 弓弩gōng nǔbow and crossbow
• 石弩shí nǔcatapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
• 弓弩手gōng nǔ shǒucrossbow shooter
• 强弩之末qiáng nǔ zhī mò(lit.) an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom); (fig.) spent force

Characters built on 奴

These share the phonetic component 奴 (nú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing
• 驽nú(literary) inferior horse
• 孥núchild; offspring
• 胬nǔused in 胬肉

Characters that look like 弩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 贺hèto congratulate
• 穹qióngvault; dome; the sky

Sounds the same

Read nǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 努to exert; to strive
• 呶to pout
• 胬used in 胬肉
• 砮flint; (metonym) arrowhead