矢 — kanji meaning “dart”
矢
dart, arrow
- Meanings
- dart, arrow
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- や
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1294 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 111
- Chinese reading
- shǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 矢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矢印 | やじるし yajirushi | arrow (symbol) |
| 矢先 | やさき yasaki | arrowhead |
| 弓矢 | ゆみや yumiya | bow and arrow |
| 一矢 | いっし isshi | one arrow |
| 矢面 | やおもて yaomote | firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. |
| 矢継ぎ早 | やつぎばや yatsugibaya | rapid succession (e.g. questions) |
| 矢作 | やはぎ yahagi | fletcher; arrow maker |
| 矢倉 | やぐら yagura | caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods |
| 大矢 | おおや ooya | long arrow; person who can fire a long arrow |
| 矢場 | やば yaba | archery range |
| 矢板 | やいた yaita | sheet pile (structural element used in construction) |
| 嚆矢 | こうし koushi | whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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