箭
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arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 竹 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 箭
- Common rank
- #1,323
- Unicode
- U+7BAD
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
arrow · Heisig RSH #2051
竹 bamboo + 前 in front
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 箭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中箭落马 | lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse; to suffer a serious setback (idio… | |
| 上箭头 | up-pointing arrow | |
| 下箭头 | down-pointing arrow | |
| 开弓没有回头箭 | lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom); fig. once you started… | |
| 火箭军 | Rocket Force, branch of the PLA responsible for tactical and strategic missiles | |
| 天箭座 | Sagitta (constellation) | |
| 拿着鸡毛当令箭 | to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority… | |
| 箭毒木 | antiaris, aka upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria) | |
| 火箭弹 | rocket (artillery) | |
| 枪林箭雨 | forest of spear, rain of arrows | |
| 运载火箭 | carrier rocket | |
| 开弓不放箭 | lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom); fig. to bluff; to be all talk and… | |
| 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 | see 明槍易躲，暗箭難防|明枪易躲，暗箭难防[ming2 qiang1 yi4 duo3 , an4 jian4 nan2 fang2] | |
| 箭头 | arrowhead; arrow symbol | |
| 万箭穿心 | (lit.) to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom); (fig.) overcome with so… | |
| 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is … | |
| 助推火箭 | booster rocket | |
| 一箭双雕 | lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone | |
| 一箭之仇 | a wrong suffered (idiom); old grievance; previous defeat | |
| 火箭 | rocket; CL:枚[mei2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 前 — compare how they read.