Memory phrase for the character: 箭

箭

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Meaning

arrow

Pronunciation

jiàn

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: front 前 (Where from the sheep's 羊 head, meat 月/肉 is cut刂, is the front.)

Mnemonic
 
It's made of bamboo and it's the front end, which counts: the arrow.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
前 front
俞 arrow headThis radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo 竹. Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head 人 that goes into the flesh 月/肉 and cuts刂.




 Vocabulary

火箭 huǒ jiàn  rocket
火箭 huǒ jiàn  

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