矢 - shǐ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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矢

shǐ

Definition

arrow (literary, original meaning)
meaning component (arrow)
dart
radical (Kang Xi 111)
straight
to swear (literary)
to vow (literary)
old variant of 屎

Character Decomposition

Compounds (22)

知

zhī

to know; to realize; to be aware (of); to inform; to notify; knowledge; information

short; brief

marquis (second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位); high official; nobleman

族

zú

race; nationality; ethnic group; ethnicity; clan; class or group of things or people with common features or attributes; (by extension) social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

医

yī

medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat

矣

yǐ

(classical final) particle (similar to modern 了)

矮

ǎi

low; short (in length)

候

hòu

to wait; to inquire (after); to watch; season; climate

疑

yí

to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect

疾

jí

disease; sickness; to hate; illness; envy; malady; pain; swift

矫

jiáo

argumentative; contentious

矫

jiǎo

to correct; to rectify; to redress; strong; brave; to pretend; to feign; affectation

矩

jǔ

carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve

ringed pheasant

short; dwarfish

swine

(interrog.)

to learn; to practice or study (old)

矰

zēng

arrow with a streamer

矱

yuē

standard; norm; Taiwan pr. [huo4]

place name

short and small

Related words (5)

矢志

shǐ zhì

to take an oath to do sth; to pledge; to vow

vector (spatial)

to deny flatly

forever

idemfactor (expressing a vector as sum of its three orthogonal projections)

Idioms (3)

一矢中的

yī shǐ zhòng dì

to hit the target with a single shot; to say something spot on (idiom)

众矢之的

zhòng shǐ zhī dì

(lit.) target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides

无的放矢

wú dì fàng shǐ

to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking; firing blindly; to shoot in the air; a shot in the dark

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