拱
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
gǒng gong3
- to cup one's hands in salute
- to surround
- to arch
- to dig earth with the snout
- arched
Words with 拱
- 拱手 gǒngshǒu to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
- 拱道 gǒngdào archway
- 拱门 gǒngmén arched door
- 打拱 dǎgǒng to bow with clasped hands
- 拱点 gǒngdiǎn (astronomy) apsis; apse
- 拱火 gǒnghuǒ (dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames; to fuel sb's anger
- 拱度 gǒngdù camber
- 拱形 gǒngxíng arch
- 半拱 bàngǒng semiarch
- 斗拱 dǒugǒng dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
- 假拱 jiǎgǒng blind arch
- 拱卫 gǒngwèi to surround and protect