躬 (gung1 | gong1) : body; personally; bend forward

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躬

gung1

gong1

[1] body; oneself; one's own person
[2] personally; in (one's own) person
[3] bend forward; bow; stoop

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#158)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

躬

This word has been viewed 3420 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jan 2010 00:19

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鞠躬 guk1 gung1 ju1 gong1 = to bow

卑躬屈節 bei1 gung1 wat1 zit3 bei1 gong1 qu1 jie2 = bow and scrape; cringe; act servilely

卑躬屈膝 bei1 gung1 wat1 sat1 bei1 gong1 qu1 xi1 = to bow and bend the knee; groveling

反躬自問 faan2 gung1 zi6 man6 fan3 gong1 zi4 wen4 = take an introspective look at one's conscience

打躬作揖 daa2 gung1 zok3 jap1 da3 gong1 zuo4 yi1 = bow and scrape

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Decimal representation of this word: 躬
Unicode code for this character: U+8eac (off-site link)

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