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矢

Arrow
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingや
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 2Level 3

Meanings

  1. arrow
    彼はその兵士をねらって矢を放った。He shot an arrow at the soldier.tatoeba
    彼はその鹿めがけて矢を射た。He shot an arrow at the deer.tatoeba
  2. dartRtK
  1. wedge
  2. chock

Radicals and components

Radical矢arrow
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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drop (丶) · heavens

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1305

Compound words

破魔矢はまや
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil
弓矢ゆみや
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
矢印やじるし
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
矢先やさき
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
一矢いっし
one arrow
遠矢とおや
long-distance arrow (archery)
兄矢はや
arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)
鏑矢かぶらや
arrow with a whistle attached
矢鱈やたら
indiscriminately
矢矧やはぎ
fletcher
矢筈やはず
nock of an arrow
矢絣やがすり
pattern resembling that of arrow feathers
嚆矢こうし
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
逸れ矢それや
stray arrow
二の矢にのや
second arrow
弓矢八幡ゆみやはちまん
Hachiman, god of war and archery
的矢牡蠣まとやかき
Matoya Oyster (from Matoya bay, Mie-ken)
無理矢理むりやり
forcibly
滅多矢鱈めったやたら
reckless
矢っ張りやっぱり
as expected
矢筈模様やはずもよう
herring-bone pattern
光陰矢の如しこういんやのごとし
time flies like an arrow
光陰矢のごとしこういんやのごとし
time flies like an arrow

Additional Examples

彼は私を無理矢理行かせた。
He forced me to go.tatoeba
彼に一矢を報いてやった。
I took a swing at him.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Arrow. An arrow: the head at the top, the feathers at the bottom.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 矢

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