shoot

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from the pictograph of an arrow, representing the act of shooting or war-related objects. It is a pictographic character from ancient oracle-bone and seal scripts.

Mnemonic: See these three strokes as an arrow pointing straight at its target.

• 弋yì🔊

  to shoot

  3 strokes

• 弌yī🔊

  archaic variant of 一[yi1]

  4 strokes

• 弍èr🔊

  archaic variant of 貳|贰, banker's anti-fraud numeral two

  5 strokes

• 式shì🔊

  type

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 弎sān🔊

  archaic variant of 參|叁, banker's anti-fraud numeral three

  6 strokes

• 甙dài🔊

  old term for 糖苷[tang2 gan1], glycoside

  8 strokes

• 贰èr🔊

  two (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

  9 strokes

• 弑shì🔊

  to murder a superior

  12 strokes