Radicals › #57 弓
弓
弓 — the “bow” radical
archery bow — left-side radical 12 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 弓 radical (12)
強strong引pull, tug張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch弾bullet, twang弱weak, frail弘vast, broad弟younger brother, faithful service to elders弥all the more, increasingly弦bowstring, chord弓bow, bow (archery, violin)弔condolences, mourning弧arc, arch
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.