射

Glyph origin
In the, an – to shoot a bow.

In the, a hand drawing the bowstring was added. Later the bow and arrow on the left became before or during the  period, and the hand came to be written.

Etymology
From ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (STEDT; ; ).

Definitions

 * 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)  to ejaculate
 * 8)  archery

Definitions

 * 1)  to hit with bow and arrow

Kanji

 * 1) shoot
 * 2) archery

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Etymology 3
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Etymology 4
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