Pictographic: A bow aimed to the leftRadical: 弓弓

meaning for gōng:

  • - a bow (weapon)
  • - Classifiers: 张
  • - to bend
  • - to arch (one's back etc)bow and arrowcatapult
  • - slingshotcrossbow shooterbowstringlit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)
  • - fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences