Meaning

Primary

Arrow

Alternative

Arrow Symbol

Word Type

noun

Explanation

This combines the kanji arrow and the vocab word (mark), to give us the type of arrow you use for pointing at things (as opposed to firing at things). It could be an arrow on a sign, or on piece of paper, or a document or whatever. We can just call it an arrow, or an arrow symbol.

Reading

やじるし
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is and put together into one. The is like the actual vocab word , but watch out for rendaku changing it from しるし to じるし.

Context

Context Sentences

矢印にそって進んでください。

Please follow the arrows.

あの矢印の道路標識は何という意味ですか。

What does the arrow road sign mean?

Kanji Composition