Radical 111

矢
Radical 111 (U+2F6E)
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

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

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

  1. ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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