| 矢 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 矢 (U+77E2) "arrow" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | shǐ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | shih3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | chi2 | |
| Jyutping: | ci2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | シ shi (on'yomi) や ya (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 시 si | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 矢字旁 shǐzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 矢/や ya 矢偏/やへん yahen | |
| Hangul: | 화살 hwasal | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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Radical 111 or radical arrow (矢部) meaning "arrow" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 64 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
矢 is also the 110th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
 Bronze script character Bronze script character
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 矢 | 
| +2 | 矣 | 
| +3 | 矤 知 | 
| +4 | 矦 矧 矨 | 
| +5 | 矩 | 
| +6 | 矪 矫 | 
| +7 | 矬 短 | 
| +8 | 矮 | 
| +12 | 矯 矰 | 
| +14 | 矱 | 
| +15 | 矲 | 
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram 矢 is a Chinese character that means arrow. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is taught in second grade
References
- ↑ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Further reading
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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