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矢 means 'arrow'

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Strokes : 5    Radical number: 111    Frequency: 948   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-9    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 57 words   Used in 104 words   Used in 2442 names   Component in 102 kanji (19 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Kun
   や arrow
Variants
⽮ (Chinese)  
Notes
Find out why an arrow flew into kanji such as 知 (know), 短 (short), and 矯 (straighten)!
Components
⿱  𠂉 (人) man  大 big  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 矢 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 矢 is used 92 times, read 2 ways.
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シ : 7 words FIND ALL
い っ し 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
an arrow; (a) retort
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や : 85 words FIND ALL
や 1
Most common form: 箭
noun
1. arrow
2. wedge; chock
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An additional 9 less common words include 矢 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 145 (originally: 981)  Joy o' Kanji : 981  Key to Kanji: 415 

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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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