Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bow (gōng) Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 360, Entry 39 Pronounced bie. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Bow that is bent. Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): To bend a bow. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: Note on the Elephant-bone bow-ends and fish-skin quivers. The bow-end is the curved tip of a bow. The term refers to the elephant-bone ornament used to assist the charioteer in releasing the reins. Also, as per Jiyun, pronounced bi. Same meaning. Guangyun notes it is sometimes written in a variant form. It is also written in another variant form.