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矢

shǐ

Character

What 矢 means

1. arrow
2. dart
3. straight
4. to vow
5. to swear
6. old variant of {屎|shǐ}

Example sentences

• 不思就说等于无的放矢。
  Bù sī jiù shuō děngyú wúdìfàngshǐ.
  Speaking without thinking is like shooting without looking.

Words starting with 矢

• 矢口否认shǐ kǒu fǒu rènto deny flatly
• 矢量shǐ liàng(math) vector
• 矢志shǐ zhìto take an oath to do sth; to pledge; to vow

Words containing 矢

• 有的放矢yǒu dì fàng shǐlit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)…
• 永矢yǒng shǐforever
• 箭矢jiàn shǐarrow
• 无的放矢wú dì fàng shǐto shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking; firing blindly…
• 众矢之的zhòng shǐ zhī dìlit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism…
• 幺并矢yāo bìng shǐidemfactor (math.)
• 一矢中的yī shǐ zhòng dìto hit the target with a single shot; to say something spot on (idiom)

Characters built on 大

These share the phonetic component 大 (dà), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 奇qístrange; odd; weird
• 契qìto carve; carved words; to agree
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 奕yìabundant; graceful
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?
• 奭shì(literary) majestic; magnificent; (literary) rich, deep red; (literary) angry; furious

Characters that look like 矢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out
• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out

Sounds the same

Read shǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 使to make; to cause; to enable
• 始to begin; to start; then
• 史history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
• 驶(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 屎feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 豕hog; swine
• 乨old variant of 始
• 兘old variant of 始
• 宩old variant of 屎