Read Edit View history Discussion 射 shèyìyèshí HSK5 shoot Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (又) pulling back a bowstring (弓) with an arrow (矢) to shoot. Later written as 身 and 寸. Pinyin Separate values with commas shè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a bow. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 射 Simp strokes 射 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts an arrow. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 射 Simp strokes 射 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally 又 but later reanalyzed as 寸. Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 射 Simp strokes 射 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 射 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 337, 825 ], [ 370, 794 ], [ 285, 651 ], [ 273, 647 ] ], [ [ 223, 651 ], [ 246, 626 ], [ 254, 589 ], [ 253, 370 ], [ 249, 358 ], [ 236, 351 ] ], [ [ 271, 636 ], [ 291, 625 ], [ 302, 626 ], [ 413, 655 ], [ 431, 648 ], [ 453, 624 ], [ 448, 158 ], [ 442, 56 ], [ 424, 26 ], [ 318, 65 ] ], [ [ 279, 512 ], [ 291, 522 ], [ 328, 533 ], [ 377, 532 ] ], [ [ 280, 427 ], [ 289, 437 ], [ 331, 449 ], [ 381, 448 ] ], [ [ 104, 309 ], [ 152, 289 ], [ 382, 354 ], [ 419, 377 ] ], [ [ 423, 374 ], [ 401, 301 ], [ 313, 201 ], [ 228, 136 ], [ 121, 84 ] ], [ [ 520, 452 ], [ 571, 449 ], [ 665, 473 ], [ 857, 505 ], [ 938, 494 ] ], [ [ 706, 761 ], [ 754, 722 ], [ 750, 515 ], [ 762, 112 ], [ 757, 66 ], [ 737, 34 ], [ 662, 65 ], [ 610, 92 ], [ 608, 99 ], [ 597, 99 ] 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471 275 443 C 249 429 244 426 274 422 Z", "M 232 337 Q 195 331 158 323 Q 139 319 105 322 Q 93 321 91 312 Q 88 300 96 292 Q 115 276 144 256 Q 153 252 164 259 Q 209 286 397 346 C 426 355 455 387 426 381 Q 353 365 273 346 L 232 337 Z", "M 397 346 Q 391 327 373 304 Q 321 235 264 190 Q 216 150 119 91 Q 101 81 117 78 Q 127 75 167 89 Q 219 104 269 137 Q 366 209 424 293 C 495 394 421 405 397 346 Z", "M 776 469 Q 825 476 893 478 Q 941 482 945 489 Q 949 499 934 511 Q 877 545 820 524 Q 799 520 776 513 L 727 501 Q 714 501 522 461 Q 503 457 518 443 Q 531 431 548 428 Q 567 424 581 429 Q 678 462 727 462 L 776 469 Z", "M 727 462 Q 728 329 731 110 Q 730 86 718 78 Q 708 72 621 99 Q 588 111 591 101 Q 592 94 612 79 Q 688 24 708 -8 Q 730 -45 749 -47 Q 764 -47 778 -12 Q 796 34 793 107 Q 777 288 776 469 L 776 513 Q 776 658 792 714 Q 808 744 752 765 Q 718 783 699 776 Q 681 769 698 746 Q 720 721 722 686 Q 723 667 727 501 L 727 462 Z", "M 558 322 Q 577 300 598 273 Q 608 260 622 259 Q 631 258 637 269 Q 643 281 639 308 Q 632 336 559 363 Q 546 367 540 367 Q 536 364 535 353 Q 536 343 558 322 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.