箭

15 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

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Kun'yomi
  • や
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On'yomi
  • セン

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

セン 52.1%
や 47.9%

Character Breakdown

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セン　や (Kentei Pre-1)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
in front, before
まえ　ゼン　さき (2nd, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
cutting off feet as form of punishment
ゲツ　グチ　ゴツ
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ

Contained In

擶

Common Words

きゅう
弓
せん
箭
bow and arrow ②archer ③fighting with bows and arrows
ぎん
銀
せん
箭
silver arrow
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References

Unicode hex code 7BAD
JIS X 0208 1-32-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3419
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4325
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2636
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2680
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2397
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26193X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f9.7
Four corner code 8822.1