By Peter Dekker, October 26, 2014
| # | English | Manchu | Möllendorf transliteration | Chinese | Pinyin transliteration |
| 1 | Bow core (literally: "foetus") |
| giru | 弓胎 | gōngtāi |
| 2 | Bow knee (literally: "brain") |
| bokson | 弓腦 | gōngnǎo |
| 3 | Bow ear | 
| igen | 弓弰 | gōngshāo |
| 4 | Horn | 
| uihe | 角 | jiǎo |
| 5 | Sinew | 
| sube | 筋 | jīn |
| 6 | Birch bark | 
| alan | 樺皮 | huàpí |
| 7 | Bow handle | 
| jafakū | 弓弝 | gōngbà |
| 8 | The sides of the bow handle | 
| meiren | 弓弝膀子 | gōngbà pāngzi |
| 9 | Arrow passing point | 
| nisuri | 箭溜子 | jiànliūzi |
| 10 | Ear inserts | 
| soncoho | 弰頭 | shāotóu |
| 11 | Nock | 
| wen | 扣子 | kòuzi |
| 12 | Ear v-splice male part | 
| senggele* | 弓弰插口 | gōngshāo chākǒu āofú |
| 13 | Ear v-splice notch | 
| xukun | 弓弰插口凹虙 | gōngshāo chākǒu āofú |
| 14 | Horn slabs on either side of handle | 
| fara | 弓眙兩身 | gōngyí liǎng shēn |
| 15 | String bridges | 
| tebke | 弓墊子 | gōng diànzi |
| 16 | Bowstring | 
| uli | 弓弦 | gōng xián |
| 17 | String knots | 
| kuyerhen | 弦拾搭 | xián shídā |
Chinese and Manchu terms from the 1766 五體清文鑑 or "Five languages compendium", a Qing imperial dictionary in Manchu, Mongolian, Uighur, Tibetan and Chinese.
Photo's taken by author, author's collection.
*Jerry Norman's Manchu-English dictionary translates this term as the opening of a bow case, but when seen with the original Chinese entries, this does not make much sense and it is more likely describing the male part of a v-splice.
