射

Translingual

Han character

射 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹木戈 (HHDI), four-corner 2420₀, composition ⿰身寸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 294, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7434
• Dae Jaweon: page 582, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 506, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5C04

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 射
Shang	Western Zhou
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions

In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 矢 (“arrow”) – to shoot a bow.

In the bronze inscriptions, a hand (又) drawing the bowstring was added. Later the bow and arrow on the left became 身 before or during the clerical script period, and the hand came to be written 寸.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b/m-la-j (“bow, arrow”); cognate with Tibetan མདའ (mda', “arrow”), Burmese မြား (mra:, “arrow”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2013).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

射

1. to shoot (an arrow); to fire
2. to launch; to eject; to project
3. to emit; to radiate
4. to guess
5. to allude to
6. to seek; to pursue
7. (colloquial) to ejaculate
8. ^† archery

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

射

1. ^† to hit with bow and arrow

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

射

1. Used in 射干 (yègān).
2. Used in 僕射／仆射 (púyè).
3. Used in 姑射.

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

射

1. Used in 無射／无射.
2. ^† Alternative form of 斁／𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)

   • 式燕且譽、好爾無射。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     式燕且誉、好尔无射。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shì yàn qiě yù, hǎo ěr wú yì.

     We will feast, and I will praise her. 'I love you, and will never be weary of you.'

Compounds

References

• “射”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. shoot
2. archery

Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja)^{←じや (zya, historical)}; や (ya); やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)^{←しや (sya, historical)}; や (ya); えき (eki)
• On: せき (seki)
• Kun: いる (iru, 射る, Jōyō)^{←いる (iru, 射る, historical)←𛀆る (yiru, 射る, ancient)}; あてる (ateru, 射てる); さす (sasu, 射す); いとう (itō)^{←いたふ (itafu, historical)}; あきる (akiru)
• Nanori: い (i); いり (iri)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 射 (MC zyaeH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
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Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

射

Wikisource

射 (eumhun 쏠 사 (ssol sa))

1. Hanja form^? of 사 (“to shoot”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 射 (MC zyek).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

射 (eumhun 맞힐 석 (machil seok))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 석 (“to hit with bow and arrow”).

Compounds

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 射 (MC yaeH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

射 (eumhun 벼슬 이름 야 (byeoseul ireum ya))

1. (historical) Hanja form^? of 야 (“title of an official”).

Compounds

Etymology 4

From Middle Chinese 射 (MC yek).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

射 (eumhun 음률(音律) 역 (eumnyul( 音律 ) yeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 역 (“eleventh note of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

射: Hán Nôm readings: xạ, dạ, dịch

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