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arc

HSK 7 N1
Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 瓜 represents the sound.
Components
bow+ melon =
arc
Meaning component
gōng bow
Phonetic component
guā melon
melon, gourd, cucumber
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[hú]
arc
Japanese
同音
noun arc
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
さちみ
Sachimi unclassified name