箭 — Chinese character
箭
jiàn
arrow; a type of bamboo
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 前
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 前
- Japanese
- 箭 as a kanji
Common words with 箭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 射箭 | shè jiàn | archery; to shoot an arrow |
| 弓箭 | gōng jiàn | bow and arrow |
| 运载火箭 (運載火箭) | yùn zài huǒ jiàn | carrier rocket |
| 箭头 (箭頭) | jiàn tóu | arrowhead; arrow symbol |
| 火箭炮 | huǒ jiàn pào | rocket artillery |
| 火箭弹 (火箭彈) | huǒ jiàn dàn | rocket (artillery) |
| 挡箭牌 (擋箭牌) | dǎng jiàn pái | arrow-blocking shield; (fig.) pretext; cover; sth used to deflect blame, criticism or pressure |
| 弓箭手 | gōng jiàn shǒu | archer |
| 火箭筒 | huǒ jiàn tǒng | bazooka; rocket launcher |
| 暗箭 | àn jiàn | attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back |
| 一箭之仇 | yī jiàn zhī chóu | a wrong suffered (idiom); old grievance |
English words written with 箭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.