Character: 矢
Modern (Beijing) reading: shǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛhijʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ƛhíj
Western Han Chinese: ƛhjǝ́j
Eastern Han Chinese: shjǝ́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: shjíj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shjíj
Late Postclassic Chinese: shjí
Middle Chinese: śí
English meaning : arrow
Russian meaning[s]: 1) стрела; выпустить стрелу; прямой, как стрела; 2) испражнения, помет; 3) разложить, расположить; [shì] присягнуть, принести клятву; присяга
Comments: Used also for a homonymous *ƛhijʔ 'to swear, make a solemn declaration; to line up, display, arrange'. For *ƛh- cf. Min forms: Fuzhou chi3, Chaozhou chɨ3.
Radical: 111
Four-angle index: 5034
Karlgren code: 0560 a-d
Shijing occurrences: 45.1, 45.2, 56.1, 56.2, 56.3
