Country friend you might hear of in Bow (5)
I believe the answer is:
china
'country' is the definition.
(China is an example)
'friend you might hear of in bow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cha' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for china that I've seen before include "porcelain cups?" , "Country; friend (slang)" , "Porcelain; friend" , "Household ceramics" , "Ceramic; friend (colloq.)" .)