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Animated Stroke Order 矢

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 矢 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 矢

矢 stroke order diagram

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3.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 矢

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4.

How to Use 矢

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 矢 works in context.

Single HSK word

矢 appears in the HSK word 有的放矢, meaning "make a pertinent remark / hit the mark".

有的放矢 • yǒu dì fàng shǐ • make a pertinent remark / hit the mark • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

yǒu有

dì的

fàng放

shǐ矢

make a pertinent remark / hit the mark

5.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 矢 is used in context

tā他

shǐ矢

zhì志

yào要

chéng成

wéi为

yì一

míng名

kē科

xué学

jiā家

。

He is determined to become a scientist

wù物

lǐ理

xué学

zhōng中

cháng常

yòng用

shǐ矢

liàng量

biǎo

miàn面

duì对

zhèng证

jù据

，

tā他

réng仍

rán然

shǐ矢

Information

Pinyinshǐ

Meaningarrow

Strokes5

Radical矢

Traditional矢

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#2634

Zhuyinㄕˇ

UnicodeU+77E2

CangjieOK

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lì力

。

Vectors are commonly used to represent force in physics

kǒu口

fǒu否

rèn认

。

Faced with evidence, he still flatly denied it

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