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The word 弓形 has three different readings which are きゅうけい, ゆみがた, and ゆみなり.
Unfortunately, there does not seem to be much distinction between these three
readings. Is this simply a case wherein all readings are acceptable or is one
reading more common than the others?
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What is the reading of 弓形?
The kun-reading ゆみがた is the safest reading at least in ordinary speech and
writings.

弓形 may be read きゅうけい in some technical fields I'm not good at, but I can say
it's rare. In mathematical contexts, this word is normally called ゆみがた (see
[this
video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mrc_QlL_nc&feature=youtu.be&t=120) and
this [Wikipedia article](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%93%E5%BD%A2) for
example), not きゅうけい. I guess this is because there is a more common word with
the same reading, 球形 ("spherical").

ゆみなり is a common word, but it's usually written as 弓なり in modern Japanese.
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