Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
身 寸 ⿰身寸
Mandarin
she4, yi4, ye4, shi2
English
Definitions
shoot; radio- (chem.); eject; emit; issue forth; radio- chem
Etymology
Notes
Originally a pictograph of a bow 弓 and arrow 矢; because the bow looked similar to body 身 it became corrupted; the hand 寸 was added to show the bow was being shot