Mnemonic comic for 弓

to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze

old variant of 躬[gong1]

body (of a human, esp. the torso) / to bow / (literary) oneself; personally

to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen

crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball

to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just

to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes

surname Zhang

variant of 悌[ti4]

younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)