EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    arrowhead

    叔父は新しい冒険的事業を始める矢先だ、と言っている。
    My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
  2. target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack)

  3. the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

    see 矢先に

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dart, arrow

Kun
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1294 of 2500
Radical
arrow
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-2-3, 4-5-4SKIP code
0a5.19The Kanji Dictionary
8043.0Four corner code
2363deroo
77e2Unicode hex code
1-44-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3168Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3976New Nelson (John Haig)
2009New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2502Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1267Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1733Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1220Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1305Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1092A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
215Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1335Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23929Morohashi
981A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
213Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1566Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
145henshall3
110Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
593Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1393Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1228Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi3Pinyin reading
siKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

Kun
さき、ま.ず
On
セン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
173 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

ぽん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-2SKIP code
3b3.7The Kanji Dictionary
2421.1Four corner code
2457deroo
5148Unicode hex code
1-32-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
571Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
350New Nelson (John Haig)
2394New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3046Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
263Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
201A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
280Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
65Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349Morohashi
49A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
50Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33sakade
16Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
43henshall3
54Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
115crowley
48Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
145Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
254Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xian1Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level