Radical 111
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 111 | uni |
| meaning | arrow |
| pny | shǐ |
| bopo | ㄕˇ |
| wade | shih3 |
| jyutping | ci2 |
| yale | chi2 |
| cn | 矢字旁 shǐzìpáng |
| onyomi | シ shi |
| kunyomi | や ya |
| jp | 矢/や ya |
| 矢偏/やへん yahen | |
| hang | 화살 hwasal |
| hanja | 시 si |
| :: |
|111|uni=77E2 |meaning= arrow |pny= shǐ |bopo= ㄕˇ |wade= shih3 |jyutping= ci2 |yale= chi2 |cn= 矢字旁 shǐzìpáng |onyomi= シ shi |kunyomi= や ya |jp= 矢/や ya 矢偏/やへん yahen |hang= 화살 hwasal |hanja= 시 si
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
File:矢-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:矢-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:矢-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:矢-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| 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. It is taught in second grade.
References
References
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