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Kanji Detail for 矢 - "arrow"
矢
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Meaning
矢 means "arrow." Also associated with straight, to vow.
Arrow - A projectile shot from a bow.
Straight - Correct; to straighten; true.
To vow - To swear; to pledge.
To line up - To arrange; to sequence.
To give - To bestow.
Excrement - Waste matter.
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Words using 矢
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矢先
やさき
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack)
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矢印
やじるし
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
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矢先
やさき
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Tattoo check: 矢
- Verified meaning: arrow
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read ただし, ちかい, やがざき, やつぎ)
- Also carries these associations: straight, to vow
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 矢
Given names 矢(ただし)
矢(ちかい)
Surnames 矢(やがざき)
矢(やつぎ)
矢(やばしり)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dart; arrow
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
arrow, dart; vow, swear
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear; old variant of 屎[shi3]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
arrow, dart; to vow, to swear
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An arrow. To vow. (Book of Odes) "Forever vowing not to forget." | The original character for 屎. Anciently excrement was called 矢. Such as 馬矢 (horse dung) and such.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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