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躬

gōng

“To bow” in Chinese is 躬 (gōng).

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Meaning

  • bound formto bow
  • (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)
  • (literary) oneself; personally
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  • old variant of 躬[gong1]

Example

他向女王鞠躬。

He bowed to the Queen.

From 鞠躬 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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