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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: shoot, shine into, onto, archery

Kunyomi: い.る, さ.す, う.つ

Onyomi: シャ

Composition: 身 寸

射

Radical

Radical: 寸

Reading: すんづくり

Meaning: thumb, inch

Strokes: 3

Reading: すんづくり

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Examples

Examples with audio

射撃(しゃげき)   shot, gunshot

注射(ちゅうしゃ)   injection

放射線(ほうしゃせん)   radiation

放射能(ほうしゃのう)   radioactivity

日射病(にっしゃびょう)   heatstroke, sunstroke

直射日光(ちょくしゃにっこう)   direct sunlight

射殺する(しゃさつする)   shoot and kill a person

反射する(はんしゃする)   reflect, reverberate

発射する(はっしゃする)   fire, shoot, discharge

射る(いる)   shoot [v.t.]

射す(さす)   shine, strike [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

射 (シャ) archery, mapping, map, morphism, arrow

射撃 (シャゲキ) firing, shooting, fire, gunshot, marksmanship

照射 (ショウシャ) irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination

投射 (トウシャ) projection (of an image)

Kunyomi Examples

射る (いる) to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

射す (さす) to shine

撃つ (うつ) to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire

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