Mnemonic comic for 矢

Translation

shǐ = sh + Ø3: arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]

Mnemonic

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.

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矢 character breakdown

矢
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 𠂉
  - 一
  - 丿

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人

𠂉

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Add a new mnemonic for 𠂉 = 丿 + 一

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)