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Kanji Detail for 矢 - "arrow, straight, aim"
矢
- Meaning
矢 means "arrow, straight, aim."
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.
- 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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