gǒng

fold hands on breast

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

共 sound component

  Sound component

gòng

  

together with

Evolution

拱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
拱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
拱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gǒng

fold hands on breast; bow, salute; to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched

Most common words with 拱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to arch

拱手

(fig.) submissive

拱门

arched door

拱形

arch

拱桥

arch bridge