矢

See also: 失, 先, and 笶

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 矢
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) - pictographic representation of an arrow. More recognizable in older forms.

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #111, ⽮ ‎(“arrow”).

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

simp. and trad.		矢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐ (shi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): sí
• Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci²
    • Yale: chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³
    • IPA: /sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí
    • Tâi-lô: sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕˠiɪ^X/▼

Rime
Character	矢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	式視切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕjiX/
Li Rong	/ɕjiX/
Wang Li	/ɕiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*l̥i[j]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hliʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	矢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ syijX ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥i[j]ʔ/
English	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	矢
Reading #	1/1
No.	11504
Phonetic component	矢
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	矢
Old Chinese	/*hliʔ/

Definitions

矢

1. (weapon) arrow
2. to vow, to swear

Synonyms

• (arrow): 箭 (jiàn)

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