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)

1. arrow, dart
2. vow, swear

Synonyms

• 箭

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

矢 (Jyutping ci2, Yale chi2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

矢 (POJ chhí, shì, Guangdong she⁵ [Meixian], ch'i¹ [Hailu], ts'ii¹ [Siyan], ch'i³, s'i⁵ [Kwangtung], Hagfa Pinyim ci3, si3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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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

• (Tokyo) や​ [yá] (Atamadaka)
• 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 (revised: si, McCune-Reischauer: si, Yale: si)

• Name (hangeul): 화살()

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
矢

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin shǐ Zhuyin ㄕˇ IPA (key) /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Hanzi

矢 (Pinyin shǐ (shi3), Wade-Giles shih³)

Noun

矢 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shǐ)

1. arrow

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Min Nan

Hanzi

矢 (TLPA sí (si²))

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

矢 (thỉ, yêu, tử, tủ, tú, siệu)

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