矢 shǐ arrow; to vow
Similar looking characters : 示 shì (to show)
Made with 5 strokes.
Ancient picture of an arrow, now has lost righthand side point
Sounds same
史 shǐ (history) 始 shǐ (to begin) 豕 shǐ (pig)Different tone
狮 shī (lion) 师 shī 失 shī (to lose) 尸 shī (corpse) 诗 shī (poem) 施 shī (to grant) 十 shí (ten) 时 shí (time) 石 shí (rock) 实 shí (real) 饣 shí (food) 食 shí (eat) 是 shì (is) 事 shì (matter) 市 shì (market) 世 shì (life) 礻 shì (spirit) 士 shì (bachelor) 氏 shì (clan name) 示 shì (to show) 室 shì (room)Radical
Index 111 used in: 矮 ǎi (low) ; 候 hòu (wait) ; 侯 hóu (nobleman) ; 铁 tiě (arms) ; 医 yī (doctor) ; 知 zhī (to know) ; 族 zú (clan)
Stroke order for character 矢, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚