The Chinese Radical: 矢


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Meaning
arrow    矢

Explanation An arrow flies in the sky .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather
hòu
In the middle vertically: stick , left and right: marquis (The person to whom another person with an arrow bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft
When a person takes a stick to craft/carve it into an arrow, you need to wait (until a later season).
JLPT HSK 1
medical, doctor, to cure

Outside a box and within an arrow (= An arrow in the sky )
(Think of acupuncture in TCM:) In the box are arrows for the medical treatment.
JLPT HSK 2
to know, to be aware
zhī
Left: an arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: a mouth (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it.
JLPT HSK 3
short or brief, to lack, weak point, fault
duǎn
Left: arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: bean
An arrow of the size of a bean is very short.
JLPT HSK 3
low, short (in length)
ǎi
Left: arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: entrust (Rice plants can women be entrusted.)
(A shot with a low/flat trajectory is more accurate than a steep shot.) The arrow can be trusted when it (= the trajectory) is low.
JLPT HSK 4
clan, race, nationality, ethnicity

Left: direction/square , right: horizontal person , arrow (= An arrow in the sky ) - Better right: Two lying persons and big
It develops in one direction, if the two lying persons [= the parents] (breed) something big, namely: into a clan/race.
JLPT HSK 4
to doubt, to misbelieve, to suspect

Left: sitting person , arrow ; right: bent person , correct
The sitting person with the arrow and the bent person are right with their doubt.
JLPT HSK 5
'oh dear' or grunt/sigh of agreement, 'yes'
āi, ài
Left: mouth , right: end-particle (Ìf the nose is hit by an arrow , it is the end.) [arrow = An arrow in the sky ]
The mouth gives at the end: the approval.
JLPT HSK 5
rule, rectangular, carpenter's square, torque

Left: arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: huge (staring eye, here: set square = measurement angle)
With the (pointed) tip of the arrow and a set square , you can (draw) the regular angle.
JLPT HSK 6
sickness, disease, hate, envy, swift

Outside: illness (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick.), below: arrow (= An arrow in the sky )
A sickness caused by an arrow is a sickness, that comes swiftly.
JLPT HSK 6
adjacent, close to, to endure, in sequence
āi, ái
Left: Hand , right: end-particle (If the nose is hit by an arrow , it is the end.) [arrow = An arrow in the sky ]
A hand's width (distance) from the nose was that arrow: That was closely adjacent.
JLPT HSK 6
jealousy, be jealous of

Left: woman , right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease is arrow--like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)
This woman is sick of jealousy.
JLPT no HSK
arrow, dart, vector
shǐ
Left: a stroke which is seen as an arrow, right: heaven/sky
The stroke in the sky is an arrow.
JLPT no HSK
classical final particle, similar to modern 了

Top: nose , bottom: arrow (= An arrow in the sky )
If the nose is hit by an arrow, it is the: end!
JLPT no HSK
bunch, crowded, gathered, gather foliage

Top: bamboo , bottom: clan, nationality 族 (It moves in one direction and has lying people or moving as fast as an arrow : the clan)
The bamboo forms a 'clan', when gathered as a bunch.
JLPT no HSK
to correct, to rectify, to redress, brave, to feign
jiǎo
Left: arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: tall (young death , but here: sky [Sky--long legs 丿| make tall])
(just bend it straight) An arrow that is big can be corrected.
JLPT no HSK
dust, dirt, Ångström (=10^-10 m), Egypt
āi
Left: earth , right: end-particle (If the nose is hit by the arrow , it is the end) [here: as arrowhead]
The earth is hit by the head of the arrow and turns into: dust.
JLPT no HSK
until, wait for

Left: person , right: end-particle (If the nose is hit by the arrow , it is the end) [arrow = An arrow in the sky ]
When the person is at the end, it means: 'until ...'

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