Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bow (gōng) Gou Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 360, Entry 29 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), pronounced gou (falling tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced gou (falling tone). Guangya: To draw or stretch. Yupian: To draw a bow or crossbow. Mencius (Mengzi): In Yi's teaching of archery, one must aim for the full draw. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Mu: Those with drawn bows numbered one hundred thousand. Biography of Zhou Yafu: Drew bows and crossbows to their full extent. Also written in the variant form gou. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): The solid bows are already drawn.