矢

See also: 失, 先, and 笶

Translingual

Stroke order

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) A picture of an arrow. More recognizable in older form.

Han character

矢 (radical 111 矢+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人大 (OK), four-corner 8043₀, composition ⿱𠂉大)

See also

• 弓 疑

References

• KangXi: page 823, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23929
• Dae Jaweon: page 1235, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2580, character 1
• Unihan data for U+77E2

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		矢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐ (shi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhí,shì
• Min Nan (POJ): sí
• Wu (WT Romanisation): sr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci²
    • Yale: chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhí,shì
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡ɕʰi,shi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí
    • Tâi-lô: sí
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: sr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (矢, reconstructed)
Character (矢), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 式視切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕiɪX/	/ɕiX/	/ɕiX/	/ɕiX/	/ɕiX/	/ɕiX/	/ɕjɪX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (矢, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
矢								shǐ								‹ syijX ›								/*l̥ i[j]ʔ/								arrow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
矢					11504					矢					脂					2					矢					/*hliʔ/

Definitions

矢

1. arrow, dart
2. to vow, to swear

Synonyms

• 箭

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

矢

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. arrow

Readings

• Goon: し (shi)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: や (ya)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term

矢

や Grade: 2

kun'yomi

• (Tokyo) や​ [yáꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠]

Noun

矢 (hiragana や, romaji ya)

1. arrow

   光陰 (こういん)矢 (や)の如 (ごと)し。

   kōin ya no gotoshi.

   Shine and shadow, just like an arrow. → Time flies like an arrow.

Derived terms

• 弓矢 (ゆみや) (yumiya): bow and arrow

Coordinate terms

• 弓 (ゆみ) (yumi): a bow
• 弓矢 (ゆみや) (yumiya): bow and arrow

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Korean

Hanja

矢 (si)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 시 (McCune-Reischauer: si, Yale: si)

• Name (hangeul): 화살()

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Vietnamese

Han character

矢 (thỉ, yêu, tử, tủ, tú, siệu)

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Readings

• Nôm: thỉ, thẻ

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999