箭

箭	U+7BAD, 箭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BAD

← 箬
[U+7BAC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

箮 →
[U+7BAE]

Translingual

Han character

箭 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿月弓 (HTBN), four-corner 8822₁, composition ⿱𥫗前)

Derived characters

𢤣, 擶, 櫤

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 889, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26193
Dae Jaweon: page 1317, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2994, character 8
Unihan data for U+7BAD

Chinese

trad.		箭
simp. ^#		箭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 箭
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (前) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
媊	ʔslel, ʔslenʔ
煎	ʔslen, ʔslens
湔	ʔslen, ʔslens, ʔsleːn, zleːn
鬋	ʔslen, ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪	*ʔslenʔ
翦	*ʔslenʔ
譾	*ʔslenʔ
揃	*ʔslenʔ
箭	*ʔslens
葥	*ʔslens
前	*zleːn
騚	*zleːn
歬	*zleːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslens): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 前 (OC *zleːn).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җян (ži͡an, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zin³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): den¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chien

(Hailu, HRS): zien^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiên⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): ciéng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing⁴ / zieng⁴ / zeng⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiàn / chìⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zin³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴
  - Yale: jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җян (ži͡an, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zin³
  - Yale: jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: den¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ten³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chien
  - Hakka Romanization System: jien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯en⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zien^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sien¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiên⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zing⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁴²/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Xianyou, Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cia̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ⁴²/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁴²/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se̞ŋ⁴²/

Note:

zing4 - vernacular;
zieng4/zeng4 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàn / chìⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiàn / tsìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciexn, cvix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡sĩ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹/, /t͡sĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡sĩ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn¹¹/, /t͡sĩ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡sĩ²¹/

Note:

chiàn - literary;
chìⁿ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zin³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsìⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ²¹³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ci
  - MiniDict: ci^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsjenH

Rime
Character	箭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子賤切
Baxter	tsjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian^H/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]en-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	箭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]en-s/
English	arrow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	箭
Reading #	1/1
No.	10250
Phonetic component	前
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔslens/

Definitions

箭

(archery, weaponry) arrow (Classifier: 支 m c mn)
type of bamboo

Synonyms

(arrow):

Dialectal synonyms of 箭 (“arrow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		箭, 矢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		箭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	箭
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	箭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	箭
	Xi'an	箭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	箭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	箭
Cantonese	Taishan	箭
Gan	Nanchang	箭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	箭
Southern Min	Tainan	箭
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	箭
Puxian Min	Putian	箭支
Puxian Min	Xianyou	箭支

Compounds

一箭
一箭上垛
一箭之仇
一箭之地 (yījiànzhīdì)
一箭道
一箭雙雕 / 一箭双雕 (yījiànshuāngdiāo)
一箭雙鵰 / 一箭双雕 (yījiànshuāngdiāo)
三才箭
中暗箭
中箭 (zhòngjiàn)
亂箭 / 乱箭
亂箭攢心 / 乱箭攒心
亂箭穿心 / 乱箭穿心
二箭
五箭
令箭 (lìngjiàn)
令箭荷花
似箭如梭
信箭
偎風躲箭 / 偎风躲箭
傳箭 / 传箭
光子火箭
光陰似箭 / 光阴似箭 (guāngyīnsìjiàn)
光陰如箭 / 光阴如箭
冷箭 (lěngjiàn)
刀箭 (dāojiàn)
制動火箭 / 制动火箭
剗子箭 / 刬子箭
勘箭
十箭
半箭之功
南金東箭 / 南金东箭
叢箭 / 丛箭
吹箭
哨箭
壺箭 / 壶箭
夏箭
大羽箭
奔箭
契箭
如箭在弦
嫩箭
孔明借箭
宇宙火箭
射箭 (shèjiàn)
射鬼箭
將軍箭 / 将军箭
弓折箭盡 / 弓折箭尽
弓箭 (gōngjiàn)
弓箭手 (gōngjiànshǒu)
弓箭步 (gōngjiànbù)
弓箭社
弦上箭
弩下逃箭
弩箭
弦箭
弩箭離絃 / 弩箭离弦
張弓簇箭 / 张弓簇箭
彎弓搭箭 / 弯弓搭箭
惑箭
打箭爐 / 打箭炉 (Dǎjiànlú)
扯弓搭箭 (chě gōng dā jiàn)
折箭 (zhéjiàn)
折箭為誓 / 折箭为誓 (zhéjiànwéishì)
拈弓搭箭
招箭
挂箭
插箭遊營 / 插箭游营
擋箭牌 / 挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái)
收箭
放冷箭
放箭 (fàngjiàn)
明槍暗箭 / 明枪暗箭
星箭
春箭
暗箭 (ànjiàn)
暗箭中人
暗箭傷人 / 暗箭伤人 (ànjiànshāngrén)
暗箭明鎗 / 暗箭明枪
暗箭難防 / 暗箭难防
曉箭 / 晓箭
更箭
木羽弩箭
東南竹箭 / 东南竹箭
東箭 / 东箭
東箭南金 / 东箭南金
柳箭
棄弓折箭 / 弃弓折箭
棘箭
橋箭累弦 / 桥箭累弦
歸心似箭 / 归心似箭 (guīxīnsìjiàn)
歸心如箭 / 归心如箭
毒箭
比箭掄拳 / 比箭抡拳
水箭
流箭
浮箭
漏箭
激箭
火牌令箭
火箭 (huǒjiàn)
火箭彈 / 火箭弹 (huǒjiàndàn)
火箭炮 (huǒjiànpào)
火箭筒 (huǒjiàntǒng)
無羽箭 / 无羽箭
狼牙箭
玉箭
畏刀避箭
畫箭 / 画箭
癡箭 / 痴箭
發箭 / 发箭 (fājiàn)
白羽箭
百箭
短箭
石箭 (shíjiàn)
破葉箭 / 破叶箭
神箭
萬箭攢心 / 万箭攒心
萬箭穿心 / 万箭穿心
秋箭
移的就箭
端箭
竹箭
筆箭 / 笔箭
筒箭
筠箭
箭不虛發 / 箭不虚发
箭也似的
箭刻
箭嘴 (zin³ zeoi²) (Cantonese)
箭囊
箭在弦上
箭垛
箭垛子
箭壺 / 箭壶
箭子
箭室
箭局
箭幹 / 箭干
箭幹白 / 箭干白
箭弦
箭張 / 箭张
箭徑 / 箭径
箭房
箭手
箭拔弩張 / 箭拔弩张
箭括
箭旗
箭書 / 箭书
箭服
箭柄魚 / 箭柄鱼
箭栝
箭桿 / 箭杆 (jiàngān)
箭樓 / 箭楼
箭步 (jiànbù)
箭水
箭決 / 箭决
箭波
箭法
箭滴
箭漏
箭無虛發 / 箭无虚发
箭猺
箭眼
箭矢 (jiànshǐ)
箭石
箭穿雁嘴
箭穿鴈嘴
箭窗
箭端
箭竹 (jiànzhú)
箭竿
箭竿白
箭笴
箭笄
箭筍 / 箭笋
箭筒
箭筈
箭筩 / 箭筒
箭箙
箭箬
箭簳
箭籌 / 箭筹
箭羽
箭腳 / 箭脚
箭苗
箭茁
箭萌
箭蟲 / 箭虫
箭衣
箭袋
箭袖
箭襖 / 箭袄
箭訣 / 箭诀
箭豬 / 箭猪 (jiànzhū)
箭道 (jiàndào)
箭金
箭鏃 / 箭镞
箭靶 (jiànbǎ)
箭靶子 (jiànbǎzi)
箭頭 / 箭头 (jiàntóu)
箭頭文字 / 箭头文字
箭風 / 箭风
箭馳 / 箭驰
箭魚 / 箭鱼 (jiànyú)
篠簬之箭 / 筱簬之箭
緩箭 / 缓箭
美箭
羽箭
耳箭
聊城箭
脩箭
茅箭 (Máojiàn)
蒿箭
藥箭 / 药箭
號箭 / 号箭
虯箭 / 虬箭
蛇鬚箭 / 蛇须箭
袖箭
讒箭 / 谗箭
赤箭
越箭
路箭
逆箭
連珠箭 / 连珠箭
連箭 / 连箭
運載火箭 / 运载火箭 (yùnzài huǒjiàn)
遮箭牌 (zhējiànpái)
遺箭 / 遗箭
金箭
金鏃箭 / 金镞箭
金齪箭 / 金龊箭
鈚子箭 / 𬬫子箭
鈚箭 / 𬬫箭
鈴箭 / 铃箭
銜箭 / 衔箭
銀箭 / 银箭
鍾箭 / 钟箭
鐘箭 / 钟箭
鐵絲箭 / 铁丝箭
鑿子箭 / 凿子箭
開弓沒有回頭箭 / 开弓没有回头箭 (kāigōng méiyǒu huítóu jiàn)
闢仗箭 / 辟仗箭
雄牡箭
雄鶻箭 / 雄鹘箭
青箭
鞭箭
韶光似箭
響箭 / 响箭 (xiǎngjiàn)
飛箭 / 飞箭
馬步箭 / 马步箭
骲箭 (bójiàn)
髇箭
鬼箭
魯連箭 / 鲁连箭
鳥箭 / 鸟箭
鳴箭 / 鸣箭
鵠箭 / 鹄箭
鵰翎箭 / 雕翎箭
麗箭 / 丽箭
鼓箭

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: tên

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “箭”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 213.

Japanese

Kanji

箭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: せん (sen)
Kan-on: せん (sen)
Kun: や (ya, 箭)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
箭
や Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 箭 – see the following entry.

【矢や】2

[noun] (archery, weaponry) an arrow

[noun] a wedge used to break hard objects such as wood or stone

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of arrows

[proper noun] a place name

(This term, 箭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

箭 (eumhun 화살 전 (hwasal jeon))

hanja form^? of 전 (“arrow”)

Vietnamese

Han character

箭: Hán Nôm readings: tiến, tiễn, tên

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
箭

Noun

箭

chữ Hán form of tiễn (“arrow”)