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拱

gǒng

Character

What 拱 means

1. to cup one's hands in salute
2. to surround
3. to arch
4. to dig earth with the snout
5. arched

Words starting with 拱

• 拱手gǒng shǒuto cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive
• 拱门gǒng ménarched door
• 拱形gǒng xíngarch
• 拱度gǒng dùcamber
• 拱廊gǒng lángtriforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
• 拱抱gǒng bàoto enfold; to encircle
• 拱柱gǒng zhùpillar of a vault
• 拱桥gǒng qiáoarch bridge
• 拱火gǒng huǒ(dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames; to fuel sb's anger
• 拱状gǒng zhuàngarch; vault; arched
• 拱肩gǒng jiāna spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
• 拱卫gǒng wèito surround and protect
• 拱道gǒng dàoarchway
• 拱顶gǒng dǐngan arched roof; a dome; a vault
• 拱点gǒng diǎn(astronomy) apsis; apse
• 拱墅区Gǒng shù QūGongshu, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市
• 拱手相让gǒng shǒu xiāng ràng(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
• 拱手让人gǒng shǒu ràng rén(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
• 拱坝gǒng bàan arch dam
• 拱墩gǒng dūnpillar of a vault
• 拱璧gǒng bìa flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center; fig. a treasure
• 拱墅Gǒng shùsee 拱墅区

Words containing 拱

• 假拱jiǎ gǒngblind arch; false arch
• 半拱bàn gǒngsemiarch; half arch
• 圆拱yuán gǒnga round vault
• 打拱dǎ gǒngto bow with clasped hands
• 斗拱dǒu gǒngdougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a…
• 猪拱菌zhū gǒng jūnChinese truffle
• 近拱点jìn gǒng diǎn(astronomy) periapsis
• 远拱点yuǎn gǒng diǎn(astronomy) apoapsis
• 众星拱辰zhòng xīng gǒng chénlit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰; to group around a revered leader
• 双曲拱桥shuāng qū gǒng qiáodouble arched bridge
• 打拱作揖dǎ gǒng zuò yīto bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
• 众星拱月zhòng xīng gǒng yuèsee 众星捧月
• 枓拱dǒu gǒngvariant of 斗拱

Characters built on 共

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

• 供gōngto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 洪hóngflood; big; great
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 烘hōngto bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珙gǒng(gem)
• 栱gǒngpost

Characters that look like 拱

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

• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder
• 桃táopeach
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

Sounds the same

Read gǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 巩(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure
• 汞mercury (chemistry)
• 珙(gem)
• 栱post
• 廾hands joined