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Kanji for Arrow
The kanji for “arrow” is 矢, read shi and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
矢
arrow
An arrow, flying straight to its target.
5 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading や (ya) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: dart, arrow
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi, ya
In Japan it appears in about 408 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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