矢

See also: 失, 先, and 笶
矢 U+77E2, 矢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77E2
← 矡
[U+77E1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 矣 →
[U+77E3]

Translingual

Stroke order

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.

Derived characters

  • Index:Chinese radical/矢

See also

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 矢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 矢
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
彘 *l'eds
璏 *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
薙 *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ
知 *ʔl'e
蜘 *te
智 *ʔl'es
鼅 *te
潪 *teɡs, *deɡ
踟 *de
雉 *l'iʔ
矢 *hliʔ
痴 *l̥ʰɯ

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

Pronunciation

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
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
  3. Alternative form of 屎 (shǐ).

Synonyms

  • (arrow): 箭 (jiàn)

References

Japanese

Kanji

矢

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. arrow

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
矢
や
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

矢 (hiragana や, rōmaji ya)

  1. an arrow
    光 (こう)陰 (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
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
矢
さ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[3] Possibly cognate with Old Japanese-derived 幸 (sachi, “a hunting implement”) and Korean 살 (sal, “arrow”).

This reading does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

矢 (hiragana さ, rōmaji sa)

  1. (obsolete) an arrow

References

  1. ↑ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 3, poem 262), text here
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 13, poem 3330), text here: the 左 (sa) in man'yōgana in the original is interpreted by Shogakukan and Daijirin as this 矢 (sa).

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, tẻ, thẻ, yêu, tử, tủ, tú, siệu)

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References

  • Nom Foundation
  • 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
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