Radical 111 or radical arrow (矢部) meaning "arrow" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

← 110 Radical 111 (U+2F6E) 112 →
(U+77E2) "arrow"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shǐ
Bopomofo:ㄕˇ
Wade–Giles:shih3
Cantonese Yale:chi2
Jyutping:ci2
Japanese Kana:シ shi (on'yomi)
や ya (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:시 si
Names
Chinese name(s):矢字旁 shǐzìpáng
Japanese name(s):矢/や ya
矢偏/やへん yahen
Hangul:화살 hwasal
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 64 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

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

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+12
+14
+15

Sinogram

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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.[1] It is taught in second grade

References

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  1. ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Further reading

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