矢 – dart, arrow

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The kanji 矢 means dart, arrow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is や (ya). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 矢 (no. 111).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	や	ya

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: 矢 (Kangxi radical 111). Components: ノ・大・一・乞.

Words using 矢

矢印やじるしarrow (symbol)矢やarrow

Example sentences

矢印が進むべき方向を指示する。

The arrow indicates the way to go.

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私は矢を的に当てた。

I hit the mark with the arrow.

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Kanji with the same radical

知短

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