arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]

= 𠂉 + : Sherlock Holmes and the robot are playing darts in the space station. Sherlock Holmes is a sore loser and thus programmed the robot to throw keys instead of real darts.

矢 character breakdown

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 矢 as component

to doubt / to suspect

= + + + : (Ø2)Maud Younger (y) found a hole in her hat and is furious. Just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) she lines up her suspects (疑). First she suspects a ladle (匕), but it is not sharp enough. Then she inspects a boxing glove (又), but it is too large for the hole. Next she inspects a gumboot (疋), but it is not strong enough to make a hole. Finally she finds a dart (矢) and knows already: this is her suspect (疑) which caused the hole.
surname Jiao
argumentative / contentious
to correct / to rectify / to redress / strong / brave / to pretend / to feign / affectation
carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve

= + : Zeus (ju) found the Leshan Giant Buddha's (巨) foot damaged by darts (矢) in the space station (Ø3). He pulls out the darts and wants to repair the damage according to the customs. He already found his carpenter's square (矩), but he just cannot find his compass.
variant of 矩[ju3]

= + : Zeus (ju) found the Leshan Giant Buddha's (巨) foot damaged by darts (矢) in the space station (Ø3). He pulls out the darts and wants to repair the damage according to the customs. He already found his carpenter's square (矩), but he just cannot find his compass.
ringed pheasant
swine
(interrog.)
short and small
short / dwarfish

Words with 矢

lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
vector (math.)
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective
to take an oath to do sth / to pledge / to vow
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom)

Sentences with 矢

矢 currently does not appear in any sentence.