射 – shoot, shine into, onto

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#937 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 射 means shoot, shine into, onto, archery. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ (sha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is い.る、さ.す、う.つ (iru, sasu, utsu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
Kun’yomi	い.る	iru
Kun’yomi	さ.す	sasu
Kun’yomi	う.つ	utsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41). Components: 身・寸.

Words using 射

注射ちゅうしゃinjection射すさすto shine発射はっしゃfiring (esp. a rocket or missile)陽射ひざしsunlight放射ほうしゃradiation反射はんしゃreflection放射能ほうしゃのうradioactivity

Example sentences

流感の予防ワクチンの注射をした。

I was vaccinated against the flu.

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雲間が開け光が射した。

The clouds opened and the sun shone through.

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大砲が偶然発射してしまった。

The cannon went off by accident.

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Kanji with the same radical

対導専将寺封尊寿尋寸

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