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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N1

1294 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: dart, arrow

Kunyomi: や

Onyomi: シ

矢

Radical

Radical: 矢

Reading: や

Meaning: arrow

Strokes: 5

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Examples

Examples with audio

一矢(いっし)   an arrow, a retort

矢(や)   arrow

矢印(やじるし)   directional arrow

矢先(やさき)   arrowhead, brunt, target

弓矢(ゆみや)   bow and arrow

Onyomi Examples

矢状 (シジョウ) sagittal

矢状縫合 (シジョウホウゴウ) sagittal suture

弓矢 (ユミヤ) bow and arrow, weapon, arms

嚆矢 (コウシ) whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle, start (e.g. of a movement), beginning, dawn

Kunyomi Examples

矢 (や) arrow, wedge, chock

矢先 (やさき) arrowhead, target of a flying arrow, brunt (of an attack), the very moment (when), the point (of doing)

弓矢 (ゆみや) bow and arrow, weapon, arms

洗い矢 (あらいや) ramrod, cleaning rod

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