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射手 means archer, shooter, or marksman in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Depending on the context, it can also mean “goal-getter” in Chinese. This would also be the word for a bowman.
射手 is modern in Asia, meaning that it's only been in use for a few hundred years. However, the more ancient version of the archer is often not even recognized by the current generation of Chinese and Japanese people.
The first character means “shoot” or “fire” (in the context of a gun or bow). It's also a suffix for radioactive things (in the context of chemistry) - radioactive things “fire off” electrons. In Japanese, the first Kanji is a short name and suffix for archery.
The second character means “hand,” but the hand can also mean a person, in the same way, that a “farmhand” is a person in English.
Ancient title for Archer
弋人 is the ancient way to write archer in both Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
If you carried a bow into battle in an army of ancient Asia, this would be your title.
Note: 弋人 is an antiquated term that is rarely used in modern Chinese, Korean or Japanese. Beyond archer, this can also mean a ceremonial hunter in Japanese.
Note: This title is so old, that most Asian people will not recognize this as a normal word. It has not been in regular use for many generations.
Modern Chinese Version
弓箭手 is how to write “archer” in modern Chinese.
弓箭手 literally means “bow arrow hand.”
There are other ways to write “archer” in Chinese, but this is probably the most common title for modern China. The other, less-common version of “archer” is also more universal because it has the same meaning in Japanese (this one is not used in Japan).
Zanshin
残心 is a Japanese Kanji word meaning: continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; lingering mind, and being prepared for a counterstrike. This context is used in martial arts, which is probably why you are looking up this word.
In archery and golf, it can be the follow-through.
In the context of love and relationships, it can be lingering affection, attachment, regret, regrets, or reluctance.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your archery search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
弓術 see styles |
kyuujutsu / kyujutsu きゅうじゅつ |
More info & calligraphy: Archery |
残心 see styles |
zanshin ざんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Alert / On Guard / Lingering Mind |
堋 see styles |
péng peng2 p`eng peng azuchi あづち |
target in archery mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound; (place-name) Azuchi |
射 see styles |
shè she4 she sha しゃ |
to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) (1) (See 弓術) archery; (2) mapping; (3) {math} map; morphism; arrow; (personal name) Tsugutoshi to shoot an arrow |
弓 see styles |
gōng gong1 kung yumi(p); yu ゆみ(P); ゆ |
a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc) (1) (ゆ is usu. a prefix) bow (weapon); (2) (ゆみ only) archery; (3) (ゆみ only) bow (for a violin, etc.); (surname, female given name) Yumi Dhanus. A bow; a bow's length, i. e. the 4, 000th part of a yojana. Seven grains of wheat 麥 make 1 finger-joint 指節; 24 finger-joints make 1 elbow or cubit 肘; 4 cubits make 1 bow; or 1 foot 5 inches make 1 elbow or cubit: 4 cubits make 1 bow; 300 bows make 1 li; but the measures are variously given. |
環 环 see styles |
huán huan2 huan kan かん |
ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in (1) ring; band; rim; (2) {math;chem} ring; (prefix noun) (3) circum-; (female given name) Tamami a jade ring or bracelet |
六藝 六艺 see styles |
liù yì liu4 yi4 liu i |
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]); another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1] |
出居 see styles |
idei; dei / ide; de いでい; でい |
(1) (archaism) sitting outdoors; (2) (See 寝殿造り) room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; (3) temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies; (surname) Dei |
勝手 see styles |
katte かって |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) one's own convenience; one's way; selfishness; (2) surroundings; environment; way of doing things; (3) convenience; ease of use; (4) financial circumstances; living; livelihood; (5) (See 台所・1) kitchen; (6) right hand (in archery); hand that pulls the bowstring; (prefix noun) (7) unauthorised (e.g. phone app, WWW site); unofficial; (surname) Katsute |
和弓 see styles |
wakyuu / wakyu わきゅう |
(1) yumi; Japanese-style bow; (2) Japanese-style archery |
安土 see styles |
ān tǔ an1 tu3 an t`u an tu yasudo やすど |
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound; (surname) Yasudo dwell contentedly on one's own native soil |
射儀 see styles |
shagi しゃぎ |
archery ceremony; ceremony related to archery |
射場 see styles |
shajou; iba / shajo; iba しゃじょう; いば |
(1) archery range; archery ground; (2) (しゃじょう only) (See 射撃場) shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery; (3) (しゃじょう only) (See 発射場) launch site (for rockets, missiles, etc.); (4) (いば only) position where an archer is standing; (surname) Matoba |
射御 see styles |
shè yù she4 yu4 she yü shagyo |
archery |
射法 see styles |
shè fǎ she4 fa3 she fa shahou / shaho しゃほう |
archery archery |
射箭 see styles |
shè jiàn she4 jian4 she chien |
archery; to shoot an arrow |
射芸 see styles |
shagei / shage しゃげい |
archery |
射藝 see styles |
shagei / shage しゃげい |
archery |
射術 射术 see styles |
shè shù she4 shu4 she shu shajutsu しゃじゅつ |
(See 弓術,射芸) archery archery |
弓具 see styles |
kyuugu / kyugu きゅうぐ |
things used in archery |
弓場 see styles |
yunba ゆんば |
(archaism) archery ground; archery gallery; (surname) Yunba |
弓庭 see styles |
yuminiwa ゆみにわ |
(archaism) archery ground; archery gallery; (surname) Yuminiwa |
弓臂 see styles |
gōng bì gong1 bi4 kung pi |
(archery) bow limb |
弓道 see styles |
kyuudou / kyudo きゅうどう |
kyudo; Japanese archery; (place-name) Yudō |
弓馬 see styles |
kyuuba / kyuba きゅうば |
archery and horsemanship; (surname) Yumima |
念人 see styles |
nennin; nenjin ねんにん; ねんじん |
(1) (archaism) assistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest); (2) (archaism) (See 念者・2) older male in an homosexual relationship |
押手 see styles |
oshite おして |
(1) (archaism) seal; stamp; (2) depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand; (3) (in archery) left hand; (4) obstinacy; stubbornness; (place-name, surname) Oshite |
洋弓 see styles |
youkyuu / yokyu ようきゅう |
(1) (See アーチェリー) (Western) archery; (2) Western-style bow |
的串 see styles |
matogushi まとぐし |
{MA} (See 侯串) wooden target holder (in archery) |
的場 see styles |
matoba まとば |
(See 的・まと・1) target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing); (surname) Motoba |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Archery | 弓術 | kyuujutsu / kyujutsu | ||
Archer | 射手 | i te / sha shu ite / shashu | shè shǒu / she4 shou3 / she shou / sheshou | |
Archer | 弋人 | yokujin | yì rén / yi4 ren2 / yi ren / yiren | i jen / ijen |
Archer | 弓箭手 | gōng jiàn shǒu gong1 jian4 shou3 gong jian shou gongjianshou | kung chien shou kungchienshou |
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Bajutsu | 馬術 | ba ju tsu / bajutsu | ||
Alert On Guard Lingering Mind | 残心 | zan shin / zanshin |
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