弓 means “bow (archery)”

ゆみ · yumi

Also: bow, bow (archery, violin)

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ゆみ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in grade 2 · 3 strokes

The story

Three strokes bending like the curved limb of a bow: 弓 is a picture of one. 弓道, Japanese archery, uses a bow over two meters tall, gripped below its middle, and a violinist's bow is a 弓 too.

Used in 弓 (yumi, bow), 弓道 (kyuudou, Japanese archery), and 弓矢 (yumiya, bow and arrow)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.