Radical 111

矢
110 ⽭ ◄	111	► ⽯ 112
Pinyin :	shǐ (= arrow)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ˇ
Hiragana :	や ya
Kanji :	矢 偏 yahen (= radical arrow)
Hangul :	화살
Sinocorean :	시 (= arrow)
Codepoint :	U + 77E2
Stroke sequence :

Radical 111 , meaning " arrow ", is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with five strokes.

With 10 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "Arrow" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 111. position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries. In the New Chinese-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 148th position.

The character developed from the pictorial representation of a pointed arrow with an intermediate piece and a feathered end.

矢 gives its composite characters the meaning field arrow as in 医 (yi = medic, originally a quiver filled with arrows), 族 (zu = tribe, race, but originally arrowhead, which is now written 镞 (zu), 钅 metal plus 族 zu as a sound carrier), 矫 (correct jiao, originally a device for straightening arrows), 矩 (= joiner's stop angle, rule).

Laut also appears as a sound carrier: 雉 (= pheasant), 彘 (= pig). In the left or relatively left position in the compound character, the last line (bottom right) is to be executed as a dot line as in 知 (= know) or 肄 (= learn).

Character combinations ruled by radical 111

Japanese arrows

Strokes	character
+ 00	矢
+ 02	矣
+ 03	矤 知
+ 04	矦 矧 矨
+ 05	矩
+ 06	矪 矫
+ 07	矬 短
+ 08	矮
+12	矯 矰
+14	矱
+15	矲

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 111 is coded under the code point number 12.142 (U + 2F6E).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 135 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 78 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 111  - Graphic representations of Radikal 111

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 111 on page 100