拱

The character "拱" has 9 strokes. "拱" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "拱" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "拱" are "gǒng" . View the stroke order of "拱">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "拱"

v.: cup one hand in the other before the chest; encompass; surround; encircle; arch; bend (low); hump (up); push (with the body or part of it); (of sprouts) sprout up through the earth; spring up from the soil

adj.: arch-shaped

• encompass : v.环绕；围绕；包围；围住；促成；实现；包括；包含
• surround : v.围绕；环绕；包围；与…有关
• encircle : v.环绕；围绕；包围
• arch : n.拱形结构；足弓；拱形物；拱道；用于装饰的拱形纪念碑

Form words with "拱"

圆弧拱 arch; scheme arch

弓形拱 sprung arch

拱肩墙 spandrel wall

刚性拱 rigid arch

Example phrases using "拱"

• 小苗儿刚从土里拱了出来。

  The sprouts have just come up.

• 自英国观察，北斗七星是拱极的。

  The Plough is circumpolar from Britain.

• 威利漫无边际地大谈诺曼式拱道。

  Willy rambled on about Norman archways.

• 这六肋拱穹顶是１２世纪建造的。

  The sexpartite vault is of 12th-century construction.

• 拱门上有中空拱肩，以减轻地基的负荷。

  The arch has hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations.

• 她的裙子拱上去了。

  Her skirt had ridden up.

• 一条棚架式拱道。

  A trellised archway.

• 他拱起的肩膀。

  His bent shoulders.

• 他拱起身子越过栏杆去抓她的手。

  He arched over the banister to grab her hand.

• 拱落脚的那一段拱墙（通常是线脚）

  The part of the arch's wall (usually molding) on which the arch rests.