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矢
shǐ
1. arrow
2. dart
3. straight
4. to vow
5. to swear
6. old variant of [[屎<shǐ>]]
Common • Top 19% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

矢
shǐ
arrow, dart; to vow, to swear
5 丶

Compound Words (8)

永矢
yǒngshǐ
forever
矢志
shǐzhì
to take an oath to do sth
矢量
shǐliàng
vector (spatial)
幺并矢
yāobìngshǐ
idemfactor (expressing a vector as sum of its three orthogonal projections)
众矢之的
zhòngshǐzhīdì
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism
无的放矢
wúdìfàngshǐ
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking
一矢中的
yīshǐzhòngdì
to hit the target with a single shot
矢口否认
shǐkǒufǒurèn
to deny flatly

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,810
Word Frequency Rank
15,935 of 84,292
Radical Number
111

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