Kanji N1

矢: dart, arrow

矢 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning dart, arrow, written with 5 strokes. It is read シ (on) and や (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 矢 (や, arrow) and 矢印 (やじるし, arrow).

矢

Meanings

  • dart
  • arrow
Strokes5
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#1294 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • や

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 矢

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 矢や

    arrow

    JLPT N1
  • 矢印やじるし

    arrow (symbol)

    JLPT N2
  • 矢張りやはり

    as expected; sure enough; just as one thought

    JLPT N4
  • 矢っ張りやっぱり

    as expected; sure enough; just as one thought

    JLPT N4
  • 矢鱈やたら

    indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly

    JLPT N2
  • 矢先やさき

    arrowhead

  • 弓矢ゆみや

    bow and arrow

  • 矢面やおもて

    firing line

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.