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矣 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「矢」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「矢」
On
イい · i
Kun
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Meaning
a final particle in classical Chinese

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Arrow 矢 with 厶 as phonetic: in classical Chinese, a particle closing a sentence with finality.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 矣かな

    the closing particle

  • 已矣やんぬるかな

    alas, it is over

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

漢文(かんぶん)の句末(くまつ)に矣を置(お)いて言(い)い切(き)る。

The particle is set at the sentence end to close it firmly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

已矣矣已to cea…矮short矢arrow知to kno…矧to fle…矩carpen…佗lonely苡used…怡to be…姨aunt洟nasal…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 矢Map of reading イAll maps

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