Chinese symbol for “arched”
拱
gǒng
to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arched is 拱 (gǒng), defined as: to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “arched”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拱门 (拱門) | gǒng mén | arched door |
| 拱手 | gǒng shǒu | to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive |
| 拱形 | gǒng xíng | arch |
| 拱桥 (拱橋) | gǒng qiáo | arch bridge |
| 斗拱 | dǒu gǒng | dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to sup |
| 拱卫 (拱衛) | gǒng wèi | to surround and protect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “arched”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.