Arrow
The arrow radical and the arrow kanji are the same. Sort of a "straight" shot to memorizing this kanji, you know?
Just know your radicals and you'll know this kanji!
し
や
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To remember the reading や we use the word “Yankees” (like the evil baseball team, go M’s!). What is this arrow doing? It’s following around all the Yankee (や) baseball players, stalking them, waiting to make its move (I’ll let you decide what its “move” is).
Imagine the arrow as a human-sized living thing with legs, arms, and clothes, though. Strangely, it’s able to walk around even though it's an arrow. It has some kind of agenda. Make it a bit evil, if you can. What a strange thing…