弧 — Chinese character
弧
hú
arc, crescent; wooden bow
- Pinyin
- hú
- Radical
- 57 ⼸ (Bow)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 弓 瓜
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bow; meaning component 弓; sound component 瓜
- Japanese
- 弧 as a kanji
Common words with 弧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弧形 | hú xíng | curve; arc |
| 弧度 | hú dù | radian; arc |
| 弧线 (弧線) | hú xiàn | arc |
| 电弧 (電弧) | diàn hú | electric arc |
| 圆弧 (圓弧) | yuán hú | arc (segment of a circle) |
| 反射弧 | fǎn shè hú | reflex arc |
| 弧菌 | hú jūn | (biology) vibrio |
| 弧光 | hú guāng | arc light |
| 括弧 | kuò hú | parentheses; brackets |
| 岛弧 (島弧) | dǎo hú | (geology) island arc |
| 电弧焊 (電弧焊) | diàn hú hàn | electric arc welding |
| 弧长 (弧長) | hú cháng | arc length |
English words written with 弧
弧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.