矢

arrow; dart

5 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1294.

Readings

• や (kun reading): 矢 (や) arrow; 矢印 (やじるし) arrow (symbol)
• シ (on reading): 嚆矢 (こうし) whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; 一矢 (いっし) one arrow

Components

• 天
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 乞 radical beg
• 大 radical big
• 矢 radical arrow

Kanji containing 矢

• 知 know
• 族 tribe
• 医 doctor
• 短 short
• 疾 rapidly
• 矯 rectify
• 侯 marquis
• 矩 ruler
• 矣 sentence particle
• 矧 feather (arrow)
• 笶 arrow
• 矮 low
• 肄 learn
• 雉 pheasant

Words using 矢

• 矢 (や) arrow
• 矢印 (やじるし) arrow (symbol)
• 矢先 (やさき) arrowhead
• 弓矢 (ゆみや) bow and arrow
• 矢板 (やいた) sheet pile (structural element used in construction)
• 嚆矢 (こうし) whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
• 一矢 (いっし) one arrow
• 矢状 (しじょう) sagittal
• 矢石 (しせき) arrows and stones
• 矢状面 (しじょうめん) sagittal plane

99 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists