Radical 111

Radical 111 or radical arrow meaning "arrow" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals composed of 5 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 64 characters to be found under this radical.
矢 is also the 110th indexing component in the Table of Indexing [Chinese Character Components] predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 矢 is a Chinese character that means arrow. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is taught in second grade.